Sholinganallur ''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 ...
'' of the city district of
Chennai
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...
in the
Indian state
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions.
History
Pre-indepen ...
of
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...
. It was created in 2009 by the trifurcation of
Tambaram taluk
Tambaram taluk is a taluk of Chengalpattu district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Tambaram. It comes under the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) and it is a suburb of Chennai city. ...
in
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 ...
. The centre of the ''taluk'' is the neighbourhood of
Sholinganallur
Sholinganallur, also spelled Solinganalloor or Sozhinganalloor, is a locality in the southern part of Chennai, India.
Etymology
The etymology given by Tamil scholars is "chola" + "angam" + "nallur" , which indicates that Sholinganallur was on ...
. The headquarters of is
Guindy division
Guindy division is a revenue division in the Chennai district of Tamil Nadu, India. It comprises the taluks of Alandur, Guindy, Mylapore, Sholinganallur and Velachery
Velachery (''pronounced as'' veh·luh·cheh·ree) is a commercial and resid ...
. On 4 January 2018, Chennai district was expanded by annexing Sholinganallur ''taluk''.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, the taluk had a population of 548,654 with 276,828 males and 271,826 females. There were 982 women for every 1,000 men. The literacy rate was 81.23%. Child population in the age group below 6 was 28,905 males and 27,521 females.
References
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Taluks of Chennai district