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
Municipal Corporation
Chengalpattu district has 1 Municipal Corporation
Tambaram Municipal Corporation (Municipal Corporation for southern suburbs in Greater Chennai).
Municipalities
Chengalpattu District has 3 Municipalities and 1 Cantonment Board
- Chengalpattu
- Madurantakam
- St.Thomas Mount cum Pallavaram Cantonment Board
- Maraimalainagar
Panchayat Unions
Chengalpattu District has 8 Panchayat Unions
- Kattangulathur
- St. Thomas Mount
- Thirupporur
- Tirukalukundram
- Lathur
- Chithamur
- Madurantakam
- Acharapakkam
Town Panchayats
Chengalpattu District has 12 Town Panchayats details of which are in
- Acharapakkam
- Edaikazhinadu
- Karunguzhi
- Mamallapuram
- Nandivaram-Guduvancheri
- Thiruporur
- Tirukalukundram
Village Panchayats
Chengalpattu District has 359 Rural Village Panchayats.
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:
- Chengalpattu
- Tambaram
- Pallavaram (Except Meenambakkam)
- Maduranthakam
- Cheyyur
- Thiruporur
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.