Sholinganallur ''taluk'' is a ''

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

'' of the district 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 ...

in the

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. It was created in 2009 by the trifurcation of

Tambaram taluk Tambaram taluk, located in Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu, India, is part of the Tambaram Revenue Division, with its administrative center situated in the city of Tambaram. History Tambaram taluk was previously a part of the Kanchipuram ...

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 almost coterminous with the city of C ...

. The centre of the ''taluk'' is the neighbourhood of

Sholinganallur Sholinganallur, also spelled Solinganalloor or Sozhinganalloor, is a southern suburb of Chennai, India. Etymology The etymology given by Tamil scholars is "Chola" + "Angam" + "Nallur", which indicates that Sholinganallur was once part of a Ch ...

. The headquarters of its

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 is a neighborhood of Chennai. It is located in the southern part ...

. 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.

Revenue Villages

* Pallikaranai Firka # Karapakkam # Madipakkam # Madipakkam-B # Okkiyam Thoraibakkam # Pallikaranai # Perungudi # Seevaram # Ullagaram * Sholinganallur Firka # Chemmancheri # Cholinganallur-1 # Chozhinganallur-2 # Enchambakkam # Jaladampettai # Kottivakkam # Neelangarai # Palavaakkam # Utthandi All of the above revenue villages are under

city except for Madipakkam-B which has revenue and disaster management under Zone-14 (Puzhutivakkam) of

Greater Chennai Corporation Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) is a local government for the City of Chennai in the Chennai Metropolitan Area of Tamil Nadu, India. Inaugurated on 29 September 1688, under a royal charter issued by James II of England, King James II of Eng ...

but Local body administration under wards 3, 4 and 5 of Kovilambakkam rural village panchayat.

References

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