Madhavaram taluk is a

taluk A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

Chennai district Chennai district, formerly known as Madras district, is one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is the smallest and the most densely populated district in the state. The district is coterminous with the city of Chennai, w ...

in the

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. The centre of the taluk is the neighbourhood of

Madhavaram Madhavaram may refer to: Places in South India Andhra Pradesh * Madhavaram, Kukkunoor, a village in Kukkunoor Taluk, Eluru district * Madhavaram, Tadepalligudem, a village in Tadepalligudem mandal Tadepalligudem mandal is one of the 19 mand ...

. The headquarters of the taluk is

Tondiarpet division Tondiarpet division is a revenue division in the Chennai district of Tamil Nadu, India. It comprises the taluks of Madhavaram, Perambur, Purasaiwalkam, Tiruvottiyur and Tondiarpet Tondiarpet is a northern neighbourhood of Chennai, Tamil Nad ...

. And the taluk has been bifurcated from ambattur taluk and on 2018 it has been annexed to Chennai district from tiruvallur by expanding Chennai city. And the taluk Has regions of Kathirvedu, Lakshmipuram,

Madhavaram Milk Colony Madhavaram Milk Colony is a neighbourhood in north of Chennai, a metropolitan city in Chennai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Madhavaram Milk Colony is a small habitat of 5000+ population in the northern part of Chennai. Due to th ...

, Mathur,

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Puzhal Pulhal is a Northwestern residential town in Chennai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Pulhal is located on the banks of Pulhal Lake. The town is known for Pulhal Central Prison. The area is one of the 163 notified areas ( megalithic ...

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, Redhills, and the RTO of the taluk is TN 05 (Chennai North).

History

On early 2010, Madhavaram taluk was formed by bifurcation of the large

Ambattur taluk Ambattur taluk is a taluk of Chennai district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its headquarters are the neighbourhood of Ambattur. This taluk was created from a division of Ponneri taluk, Tiruvallur district. On 4 January 2018, Chennai distri ...

in Tiruvallur district. On early 2014, Madhavaram taluk is bifurcated to

Tiruvottiyur taluk Tiruvottiyur taluk is a taluk of the city district of Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The centre of the taluk is the neighbourhood of Tiruvottiyur. The headquarters of the taluk is Tondiarpet division. Tiruvottiyur, Ennore, Kathivakk ...

to form a new taluk. On 4 January 2018,

was expanded by annexing Madhavaram taluk.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Madhavaram had a population of 596,753 with 301,977 males and 294,776 females. There were 976 women for every 1000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 79.41. Child population in the age group below 6 was 30,236 Males and 28,891 Females.

References

{{Chennai district, state=collapsed Taluks of Chennai district