Mathur () is a residential area located north of

Chennai Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...

, a metropolitan city in

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. Mathur is administered by the

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and belongs to Madhavaram taluk of

district.

Location

Mathur is located north of Chennai with Manali in the east and

Madhavaram Milk Colony Madhavaram Milk Colony is a neighbourhood in northern 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 t ...

to the south. Other neighboring areas include Madhavaram,

Kosappur Kosappur is a developing residential area in North Chennai, India. Location Kosappur is located in North Chennai with Mathur, Chennai, Mathur, Chinna Mathur and Madhavaram Milk Colony to the South. Other neighbouring areas include Manali, Che ...

and

Kodungaiyur Kodungaiyur is a residential neighbourhood in the northern part of the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It comes under Perambur Taluk of the Chennai District. Chennai Corporation Limits Earlier, the ward numbers were 01 (Kodungaiyur West) ...

History

In earlier days Mathur is a rural area comprising the villages Periyamathur and Chinnamathur. In the early 1990s the

Tamil Nadu Housing Board Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) () is a government organisation in Tamil Nadu, India. History Formed in 1947 as a small organisation in the name of "City Improvement Trust" in order to cater to the housing needs of Madras City, the trust has de ...

and the Madras Metropolitan Development Authority planned and developed a township in the village of Periyamathur and named as Mathur MMDA. In October 2011, the erstwhile Mathur village panchayat is merged with

and it came under the jurisdiction of

. Though Mathur was merged into

in 24 October 2011 it remained as a part of

Madhavaram taluk Madhavaram may refer to: Places in South India Andhra Pradesh * Madhavaram (East), a village in A. Konduru mandal, NTR district * Madhavaram (West), a village in A. Konduru mandal, NTR district * Madhavaram, Annamayya, a village in Rayachoti Taluk ...

Thiruvallur district Thiruvallur District, also spelled as Tiruvallur District, is one of the 38 districts (an administrative district) in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The fast developing city of Tiruvallur is the district headquarters. The district has a mixture ...

till 15 August 2018 which was later added into

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officially with other areas fall under the

limits. On 11 June 2020, the Government of Tamil Nadu renamed Mathur as Maaththoor along with other neighborhoods and towns of Tamil Nadu as per the pronunciation in Tamil language and later withdrawn the move within a week.

Demographics

According to 2011 census, Mathur had a population of 27,674 with 14,081 males and 13,593 females. A total of 2,980 were under the age of six, constituting 1,607 males and 1,373 females. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 16.57% and .13% of the population, respectively. The average literacy of the town was 80.41%, compared to the national average of 72.99%. The town had a total of 6886 households. There were a total of 10,160 workers, comprising 64 cultivators, 97 main agricultural labourers, 79 in house hold industries, 7,871 other workers, 2,049 marginal workers, 24 marginal cultivators, 99 marginal agricultural labourers, 77 marginal workers in household industries and 1,849 other marginal workers. There were a total of 17,514 non workers. As per the religious census of 2011, Mathur had 84.40%

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, 6.05%

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, 8.72%

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, 0.17%

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, 0.02%

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, 0.09%

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, 0.05% following other religions and 0.39% following no religion or did not indicate any religious preference.

Transportation

MTC Routes Some of the bus services originated/passing through are as follows: Note: Ordinary buses are currently called as "Magalir Vidiyal Payana Perunthu" since 2021 Extinct routes Some of the buses alternatively run via Mathur if any roads are damaged Railways: Thiruvottriyur railway station and

Perambur Railway Station Perambur railway station (station code: PER) is an NSG–3 category List of railway stations in India, Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is located in Perambur one of the important stations in Chenn ...

are the nearest Railway station in 5 km and 9 km respectively People can board 164 to reach perambur railway station and 56Dx to reach Thiruvottriyur railway station. The station can be accessible by two wheeler vehicles too

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