Chengalpattu district

Chengalpattu District
Chengalpattu District
	District of Tamil Nadu
	Kolavai Lake on the outskirts of Chengalpattu
	Nickname(s): Chengai District
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
Municipalities	Chengalpattu
Established	29 November 2019
Named for	Chengalpet town
Headquarters	Chengalpattu
Largest City	Pallavaram and Tambaram
Taluks	Chengalpattu, Cheyyur, Madurantakam, Tambaram, Thiruporur, Tirukalukundram, Vandalur, Pallavaram
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Body	Chengalpattu District Collectorate
• District Collector	A.John Louis, IAS
• Superintendent of Police	T.Kannan, IPS
Area [1]
• Total	2,945 km2 (1,137 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	2,556,423
• 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
Website	chengalpattu.nic.in

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.

Administration

Chengalpattu District has 3 Revenue Divisions

Tambaram Revenue Division: Pallavaram taluk, Tambaram taluk and Vandalur taluk.
Chengalpattu Revenue Division: Chengalpattu taluk, Thiruporur taluk and Tirukalukundram taluk.
Madurantakam Revenue Division: Madurantakam taluk and Cheyyur taluk.

Pallavaram and Tambaram taluks lie in the Chennai Metropolitan Area.

District Panchayat

Chengalpattu district has 16 district panchayat wards details of which are in [2]

Municipalities

Chengalpattu District has 8 Municipalities and 1 Cantonment Board

Panchayat Unions

Chengalpattu District has 8 Panchayat Unions

Town Panchayats

Chengalpattu District has 12 Town Panchayats details of which are in [2]

Village Panchayats

Chengalpattu District has 359 Rural Village Panchayats.[2]

Mudichur, Vandalur, Pozhichalur, Tirusulam, Cowl Bazaar, Medavakkam, Nanmangalam, Kovilambakkam, Agaramthen, Mappedu, Sithalapakkam, Kovilanchery, Ponmar, Mambakkam, Thalambur, Siruseri, Muttukadu, Vandalur, Urapakkam, 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:

Two State Assembly constituencies are partially from Chennai:

Alandur - few villages like Moovarasampattu and Cowl Bazaar only
Sholinganallur - few villages like Kovilambakkam, Nanmangalam and Medavakkam only.[3]

References

செங்கல்பட்டு மாவட்டத்தின் பெருமைகளை சுட்டிக்காட்டி முதல்வர் பேச்சு! (in Tamil). News7 Tamil. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
"Local Body Ward Delimitation – 2020 – Chengalpattu District | Kancheepuram District,Government of Tamilnadu | City of Thousand Temples | India". Retrieved 5 March 2020.
"Tenkasi, Chengalpattu to become new districts". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 18 July 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 July 2019.CS1 maint: others (link)

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[news7-1] செங்கல்பட்டு மாவட்டத்தின் பெருமைகளை சுட்டிக்காட்டி முதல்வர் பேச்சு! (in Tamil). News7 Tamil. 28 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.

[Kancheepuram-2] "Local Body Ward Delimitation – 2020 – Chengalpattu District | Kancheepuram District,Government of Tamilnadu | City of Thousand Temples | India". Retrieved 5 March 2020.

[3] "Tenkasi, Chengalpattu to become new districts". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 18 July 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 July 2019.CS1 maint: others (link)