Chengalpattu District | |
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Nickname: Chengai District | |
Country | India |
State | Tamil Nadu |
Municipalities | Chengalpattu |
Established | 29 November 2019 |
Named for | Chengalpet town |
Headquarters | Chengalpattu |
Largest City | Tambaram |
Taluks | Chengalpattu, Cheyyur, Madurantakam, Tambaram, Thiruporur, Tirukalukundram, Vandalur, Pallavaram |
Government | |
• Type | District Administration |
• Body | Chengalpattu District Collectorate |
• District Collector | S. Arunraj, IAS |
• Superintendent of Police | V. V. Sai Praneeth, IPS |
Area | |
• Total | 2,945 km2 (1,137 sq mi) |
Population (2011) [1] | |
• Total | 2,556,423 |
• Estimate (2020) | 3,431,317 [2] |
• Rank | 8th |
• Density | 870/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
Languages | |
• Official | Tamil |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 603XXX,600XXX |
Telephone code | 044 |
Vehicle registration | TN-19, TN-14, TN-22, TN-85 and TN-11 |
Nominal GDP(2022-23) | ₹203,172.23 crore (equivalent to ₹2.2 trillionorUS$26 billion in 2023) [3] |
Per Capita Income (2022-23) | ₹647,962 (equivalent to ₹690,000orUS$8,200 in 2023) [4] |
Website | chengalpattu |
Chengalpattu District is one of the 38 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 of Kanchipuram district after the announcement about the bifurcation of districts on 18 July 2019.
Chengalpattu District has 3 Revenue Divisions
Taluks in the Tambaram and Chengalpattu Revenue Divisions lie in the Chennai Metropolitan Area.
Chengalpattu district has 16 district panchayat wards details of which are in [5]
Chengalpattu district has 1 City Municipal Corporation
Chengalpattu District has 4 Municipalities
Chengalpattu District has only 1 Cantonment Board
Chengalpattu District has 6 Town Panchayats details of which are in [5]
Chengalpattu District has 8 Panchayat Unions
Chengalpattu District has 359 Rural Village Panchayats. [5]
Mudichur, Vandalur, Urapakkam, Pozhichalur, Tirusulam, Cowl Bazaar, Medavakkam, Nanmangalam, Kovilambakkam, Agaramthen, Mappedu, Sithalapakkam, Kovilanchery, Ponmar, Mambakkam, Thalambur, Thimmavaram,Siruseri, Muttukadu, Singaperumal Koil, Paranur, Kodur, Koovathur, Nedumaram, Paiyanoor, Seekinankuppam, Veerabogam, Manamai, Padur, Kolatthur, Manampathy, Mullipakkam, Karumpakkam and Cheyyur.
Tamil language is the primary language spoken in the district. [7]
District | No. | Constituency | Name | Party | Alliance | Remarks | ||
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Chengalpattu | 30 | Pallavaram | I. Karunanithi | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | SPA | |||
31 | Tambaram | S. R. Raja | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | SPA | ||||
32 | Chengalpattu | M. Varalakshmi | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | SPA | ||||
33 | Thiruporur | S. S. Balaji | Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | SPA | ||||
34 | Cheyyur (SC) | Panaiyur M. Babu | Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | SPA | ||||
35 | Maduranthakam (SC) | Maragatham Kumaravel | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | None |
Chengalpattu District has 6 State Assembly Constituencies:
Two State Assembly constituencies are partially from Chennai:
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