# Chengalpattu district

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.
Taluks in the Tambaram and Chengalpattu Revenue Divisions lie in the Chennai Metropolitan Area.

### District Panchayat

Chengalpattu district has 16 district panchayat wards details of which are in

### City Municipal Corporation

Chengalpattu district has 1 City Municipal Corporation
* Tambaram City Municipal Corporation

### Municipalities

Chengalpattu District has 4 Municipalities
* Chengalpattu
* Maraimalai Nagar
* Nandivaram-Guduvancheri
* Madurantakam

### Proposed Municipalities

* Mamallapuram
* Thiruporur
* Tirukalukundram

### Cantonment Boards

Chengalpattu District has only 1 Cantonment Board
* St.Thomas Mount cum Pallavaram Cantonment Board

### Town Panchayats

Chengalpattu District has 6 Town Panchayats details of which are in
* Acharapakkam
* Edaikazhinadu
* Karunguzhi
* Mamallapuram
* Thiruporur
* Tirukalukundram

### Proposed Town Panchayats

* Vandalur
* Navalur
* Siruseri
* Kelambakkam
* Melmaruvathur
* Cheyyur
* Lathur
* Chithamur
* Kalpakkam

### Panchayat Unions

Chengalpattu District has 8 Panchayat Unions
* Kattangulathur
* St. Thomas Mount
* Thirupporur
* Tirukalukundram
* Lathur
* Chithamur
* Madurantakam
* Acharapakkam

### Village Panchayats

Chengalpattu District has 359 Rural Village Panchayats.
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.

## Demographics

Tamil language is the primary language spoken in the district.

## Politics

Source: :
| District | No. | Constituency | Name | Party | Alliance |
| Chengalpattu | 30 | Pallavaram | I. Karunanithi | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | SPA |
| Chengalpattu | 31 | Tambaram | S. R. Raja | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | SPA |
| Chengalpattu | 32 | Chengalpattu | M. Varalakshmi | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | SPA |
| Chengalpattu | 33 | Thiruporur | S. S. Balaji | Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | SPA |
| Chengalpattu | 34 | Cheyyur (SC) | Panaiyur M. Babu | Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | SPA |
| Chengalpattu | 35 | Maduranthakam (SC) | Maragatham Kumaravel | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | None |

### Assembly constituencies

Chengalpattu District has 6 State Assembly Constituencies:
* Chengalpattu
* Tambaram
* Pallavaram
* 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.