Thiruporur is a
panchayat town
A nagar panchayat () or town panchayat or Notified Area Council (NAC) in India is a settlement in transition from rural to urban and therefore a form of an urban political unit comparable to a municipality. An urban centre with more than 12,00 ...
in
Chengalpattu district
Chengalpattu District is one of the 38 List of districts of Tamil Nadu, districts of Tamil Nadu, in India. The district headquarters is located at Chengalpattu. Chengalpattu district came into existence on 29 November 2019 when it was carved out ...
in the
India
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state
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of
Tamil Nadu
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Thiruporur Kandaswamy temple
Thiruporur Kandaswamy temple (or Thiruporur Murugan temple or Kanthaswamy temple) in Thiruporur, a panchayat town in Chengalpattu district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to the Hindu god Murugan. Constructed in the Tami ...
is situated in the center of the town. There is a large temple tank in the vicinity of the temple. Thiruporur is located on Old Mahabalipuram Road and is flanked by Kelambakkam on one side and Alathur Pharmaceutical Industrial Estate on the other side, both of which are also on Old Mahabalipuram Road.
Demographics
India
census
A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
, Thiruporur had a population of 13,666. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Thiruporur has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 63%. In Thiruporur, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Politics
Thiruporur Assembly Constituency is part of
Kancheepuram (Lok Sabha constituency)
Kancheepuram is a newly formed Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency after the 2008 delimitation. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 6 of 39.
The constituency originally existed for the 1951 election.
This constituenc ...
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Gallery
File:THIRUPORUR(TOWN PANCHAYAT KANCHIPURAM DISTRICT ) KANDASAMY TEMPLE.jpg, Thiruporur Kandhaswamy Temple
File:Thiruporur police station c-3.jpg, Thiruporur police station E-6
File:Thiruporur sub registrar office.jpg, Thiruporur sub registrar office
References
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External links
GeoHack - ThiruporurPRO-FIT The Elite Gym.
Cities and towns in Chengalpattu district