Kovilambakkam

Kovilambakkam is a suburb of Chennai, India. The village is located within Chengalpattu district in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is administered by Kovilambakkam Village Panchayat, which is under control of St. Thomas Mount Panchayat Union , Chengalpattu district. The area and population of Kovilambakkam is so huge that it consists of two revenue villages spanning two different districts in Tamil Nadu:

  1. Kovilambakkam revenue village which comes under Tambaram taluk in Chengalpattu district
  2. Madipakkam-B revenue village which comes under Sholinganallur taluk in Chennai district. Madipakkam-B is commonly referred by the villagers by its 800-year-old name Sunnambu Kolathur.

Kovilambakkam

Sunnambu Kolathur, Chinna Kovilambakkam & Periya Kovilambakkam
Rural Village
Kovilambakkam Panchayat Office
Kovilambakkam
Coordinates: 12.9457357°N 80.2014543°E / 12.9457357; 80.2014543
CountryIndia
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictChengalpattu
TalukTambaram taluk
Village PanchayatKovilambakkam
Panchayat UnionSt. Thomas Mount
Government
 • TypePanchayat
 • BodyKovilambakkam Village Panchayat
Population
 (2011)
 • Total27,374
Languages
 • OfficialTamil
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
600129
Telephone code91-44
Vehicle registrationTN-14
Lok Sabha constituencyChennai South
Legislative Assembly constituencySholinganallur_(state_assembly_constituency)
Websitehttp://www.kanchi.tn.nic.in/ (Governmental)


Demographics

As of 2011[update] India census,[1] Kovilambakkam had a population of 27,374. Males constitute 13,935 of the population and females 13,439. There were 7,010 households. Kovilambakkam has an average literacy rate of 72.55%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 55.7%, and female literacy is 44.3%. In Kovilambakkam, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Location

Schools and colleges
  • Govt. Higher Secondary School
  • A. V. G. Vidyalaya Matriculation School
  • Nethaji Vidhyalayam School
  • Golden School
  • Pole Star Matriculation School
  • Himayam Matriculation School
  • Panchayat Union Primary School
  • Srujana International school (formerly Srujana Montessori School)

References
  1. "Census of India 2011: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
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