Kolathur is a

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located in the northwestern region of

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Demographics

As per Census of India 2011, the total population of Kolathur, Chennai was 1,10,474. Out of this, the male population contributed 55,689 whereas the female population was 54,785. Out of this, 15,214 (males: 7,695 and females: 7,519) were Scheduled Castes and 552 (males: 289 and females: 263) were Scheduled Tribes. The population of children below 6 years of age was 11,760 (males: 6,091 and females: 5,669). Literates of Kolathur constitute 92,248, out of which males were 47,663 and females were 44,585.

Education

Schools

Some of the important schools in Kolathur are Everwin Vidhyashram, Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Government Higher Secondary School and Everwin Matriculation Higher Secondary School. And Durgadevi Choudary Vivekananda Vidyalaya is another famous school.

College

Shri Kabaleeswarar College of Arts and Science

Political notability

Kolathur (Chennai) has the Division (ward) number (New ward number 64 / (old number 62) with voters strength of nearly 70,000.

Kolathur (state assembly constituency) Kolathur, கொளத்தூர் (புதுக்கோட்டை) (சட்டமன்றத் தொகுதி - 190) was former state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Formed in the year 1977, it was a part of Pudukkottai ( ...

, Chennai, has 1.98 lakh voters. Kolathur lies in the Ward number 64 (old number 62) of the

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. Kolathur comes under the zone VI (six) of Chennai Corporation viz. Thiru. Vi. Ka Nagar Zone. This neighborhood comes under

. Kolathur (state assembly constituency) is one of the six Assembly Constituencies that constitute

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Places of worship

#Shri Somanatha Swamy Temple. #Shri Lakshmi Narayana Perumal Temple, Kolathur.

Demographics

Education

Schools

College

Political notability

Places of worship

Geolocation

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