Arakkonam Taluk is a taluk in Ranipettai district of the

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. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of

Arakkonam Arakkonam () is a railway town and suburb of Chennai within Chennai Metropolitan Area limit, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, with a population of 78,395 per the census 2011. It is in the newly created Ranipet district, about from Ranipet ...

. Some parts of the taluk including

town comes under the jurisdiction of the Greater Chennai Metropolitan Area.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Arakkonam had a population of 508921 with 254504 males and 254417 females. There were 1000 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 69.75. Child population in the age group below 6 was 27479 Males and 26073 Females.

References

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