Chengalpattu District is one of the 38

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, in

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. The district headquarters is located at

Chengalpattu Chengalpattu, previously known as Chingleput, is a city and the headquarters of Chengalpattu district of the state Tamil Nadu, India. The town is located near to the industrial and IT hub. It is the headquarters of the district and is away fro ...

. Chengalpattu district came into existence on 29 November 2019 when it was carved out of

Kanchipuram district Kancheepuram district is one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. The area comprising the present day Kancheepuram district was earlier a part of Chingleput district. The original Chingleput district was split in 1997 into ...

after the announcement about the bifurcation of districts on 18 July 2019.

Demographics

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is the primary language spoken in the district.

Politics

Administration

Chengalpattu District has 3 Revenue Divisions * Tambaram Revenue Division: Pallavaram taluk, Tambaram taluk and Vandalur taluk. * Chengalpattu Revenue Division:

Chengalpattu taluk Chengalpattu taluk is a taluk of Chengalpattu district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Chengalpattu. Demographics According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Chengalpattu had a population of 571,254 ...

, Thiruporur taluk and Tirukalukundram taluk. * Madurantakam Revenue Division: Madurantakam taluk and

Cheyyur taluk Cheyyur taluk is a taluk of Chengalpattu district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Cheyyur. Demographics According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Cheyyur had a population of 1 with 102,128 males ...

. Pallavaram, Tambaram and parts of Vandalur taluks lie in the

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District Panchayat

Chengalpattu district has 16 district panchayat wards details of which are in

Municipal Corporation

Chengalpattu district has 1 Municipal Corporation Tambaram Municipal Corporation (Municipal Corporation for southern suburbs in Greater Chennai).

Municipalities

Chengalpattu District has 4 Municipalities *

Madurantakam Madurantakam () is the southernmost suburb of Chennai city and a municipality in Chengalpattu district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The town is known for the artificial and second largest lake in Tamil Nadu, the Maduranthakam lake. ...

* Nandivaram-Guduvancheri *

Maraimalai Nagar Maraimalai Nagar is a satellite town of Chennai, Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is a municipality town in Chengalpattu district. It lies in the southern part of the Chennai metropolitan area around 50 km from downtown Chennai ...

Cantonment Boards

Chengalpattu District has only 1 Cantonment Board * St.Thomas Mount cum Pallavaram Cantonment Board

Town Panchayats

Chengalpattu District has 6 Town Panchayats details of which are in *

Acharapakkam Acharapakkam is a panchayat town in Chengalpattu district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is famous for its ancient Shiva temple, namely Aatcheeswara swamy Temple which is one of the Devaram temples. Acharapakkam town is about 96 km ...

* Edaikazhinadu * Karunguzhi *

Mamallapuram Mamallapuram, also known as Mahabalipuram, is a town in Chengalpattu district in the southeastern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, best known for the UNESCO World Heritage Site of 7th- and 8th-century Hindu Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram. It is ...

* Thiruporur * Tirukalukundram

Panchayat Unions

Chengalpattu District has 8 Panchayat Unions *

Kattangulathur Kattankulathur is a suburb of Chennai, India, located on the southern side of the city in Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu. It comes under the Maraimalai Nagar municipality in the Chengalpattu taluk and suburb of Chennai within Chennai Met ...

* St. Thomas Mount * Thirupporur * Tirukalukundram * Lathur * Chithamur *

Village Panchayats

Chengalpattu District has 359 Rural Village Panchayats. Mudichur,

Vandalur Vandalur is a census town and residential locality in southern part of the metropolitan city of Chennai, India. It is a neighbourhood in the southwestern part of Chennai. Vandalur serves as the southern gateway to Chennai city. It has the Ari ...

, Urapakkam, Pozhichalur, Tirusulam, Cowl Bazaar,

Medavakkam Medavakkam is a southern suburb of Chennai in Tambaram taluk of Chengalpattu district, which is adjacent to the neighbourhood of Sholinganallur, Madipakkam, Selaiyur, Keelkattalai, Velachery and Tambaram Tambaram is a southern suburb o ...

, Nanmangalam,

Kovilambakkam Kovilambakkam is a southern suburb of Chennai, India. It is located in Chengalpattu district in the state of Tamil Nadu, about 26 km from Chennai city center and 12 km from Tambaram. The neighbourhood spans the areas of Sunnambu Kolath ...

, Agaramthen, Mappedu, Sithalapakkam, Kovilanchery, Ponmar, Mambakkam,

Thalambur Thalambur is a place which is located behind Navalur near 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 i ...

Siruseri Siruseri is a southern suburb of Chennai, India. It is a village under Thiruporur panchayat union in Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu, and is 35 km from Chennai, along the Old Mahabalipuram Road. It is located between Navalur and Kelamb ...

, Muttukadu, Singaperumal Koil, Paranur, Kodur, Koovathur, Nedumaram, Seekinankuppam, Veerabogam, Manamai, Padur, Kolatthur, Manampathy, Mullipakkam, Karumpakkam and Cheyyur.

Assembly constituencies

Chengalpattu District has 6 State Assembly Constituencies: *

Tambaram Tambaram is a southern suburb of Chennai, India. Located in the Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu, it is governed by Tambaram City Municipal Corporation and is a part of the Chennai Metropolitan Area. Etymology Tambaram is an ancient town ...

Pallavaram Pallavaram (originally Pallava Puram) is a residential neighborhood of Chennai, India. Pallavaram was a part of Alandur until August 2015 and since then a new taluk with headquarters at Pallavaram was created. The town is known for its cant ...

Maduranthakam Madurantakam () is the southernmost suburb of Chennai city and a municipality in Chengalpattu district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The town is known for the artificial and second largest lake in Tamil Nadu, the Maduranthakam lake. It is ...

* Cheyyur * Thiruporur Two State Assembly constituencies are partially from Chennai: * Alandur - few villages like Moovarasampattu and Cowl Bazaar only *

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 ...

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References

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