Kolathur taluk
Kolathur taluk | |
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| Coordinates: 13°07′26″N 80°12′44″E / 13.1240°N 80.2121°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Tamil Nadu |
| District | Chennai |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.24 km2 (2.41 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 3.78 lakh |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil, English |
| • Speech | Tamil, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Telephone code | +9144******** |
| Vehicle registration | TN 05 ** xxxx |
| Neighbourhoods | Kolathur, Peravallur, Thiru. Vi. Ka Nagar, Agaram, Jawahar Nagar, Periyar Nagar, Sembium, Siruvallur, Perambur |
| Corporation | Greater Chennai Corporation |
| District Collector | Rashmi Siddharth Zagade, I. A. S. |
| LS | Chennai North |
| VS | Kolathur |
| MP | Kalanidhi Veeraswamy |
| MLA | M. K. Stalin |
Kolathur taluk is a new taluk in Chennai district of Tamil Nadu state in India.
Details
[edit]This taluk is formed by bifurcating Ayanavaram taluk into Ayanavaram taluk and Kolathur taluk.[1] Chennai district has now 17 taluks including this.
Kolathur taluk has an area of 6.24 km2 and the estimated total population of about 3.78 lakh (till August 2024) people. Kolathur is the headquarters of the Kolathur taluk. This taluk comes under Central Chennai Revenue division and belongs to Kolathur Assembly constituency and Chennai North Lok Sabha constituency.[2]
Kolathur, Peravallur and Siruvallur revenue villages come under Kolathur taluk.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ayanavaram bifurcation: Stalin's Kolathur now taluk". The Times of India. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Ayanavaram bifurcation: Stalin's Kolathur now taluk". The Times of India. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Stalin's Kolathur becomes taluk". The Times of India. 28 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.