Ambattur (Taluk)
The Taluk Ambattur (Tamil: அம்பத்தூர் வட்டம் ) is a taluk ( subdistrict ) of Tiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Capital is the eponymous city Ambattur.
Geography
The Ambattur Taluk lies in the southeast of the district of Tiruvallur in the suburban belt of the metropolis Chennai ( Madras). It borders on the Poonamallee taluks and Tiruvallur in the West, Ponneri Madhavaram in the north and the northeast, to the city of Chennai district in the east and the district Kanchipuram in the south.
The Ambattur Taluk is congruent with the block Villivakkam. Its area is 221 square kilometers.
Population
According to the 2011 census, the taluk Ambattur has 924 474 inhabitants. This makes it the most populous taluk of Tiruvallur district. Its proximity to the metropolis of Chennai Ambattur Taluk is highly urbanized and densely populated: 94.1 percent of the population is classified as urban, the population density is 4,183 inhabitants per square kilometer.
History
Through the expansion of Chennai, formerly predominantly rural area of taluks Ambattur has experienced significant growth. 2009 was split off from the Madhavaram Taluk Taluk Ambattur. Due to the expansion of the city of Chennai in 2011, part of the taluks including the capital Ambattur was incorporated into the city of Chennai.
Towns and villages
To Ambattur Taluk include the following locations:
Cities:
- Ambattur
- Maduravoyal
- Porur
- Valasaravakkam
Villages:
- Alathur
- Arakkambakkam
- Ayappakkam
- Kadavur
- Karambakkam
- Kilakondaiyur
- Melpakkam
- Morai
- Nerkunram
- Nolambur
- Palavedu
- Pammadukulam
- Pandeswaram
- Pothur
- Ramapuram
- Vella Cheri
- Vellanur
- Vanagaram