Madhavaram

Madhavaram (Tamil: மாதவரம் Mātavaram [ ma ː d̪əʋarʌm ], also Madavaram, Mathavaram ) is a district of Chennai (Madras ), the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Madhavaram is one of 15 zones ( zones ) of Chennai and includes twelve districts ( wards ).

Madhavaram is located approximately seven miles from the city center in the north west of Chennai. The Madhavaram zone has an area of ​​33.5 square kilometers. In the west, the zone adjacent to the Puzhal Lake, a water reservoir, which ensures the water supply Chennai, within Madhavarams also is still the smaller Retteri Lake. Through the expansion of Chennai and the construction of new housing estates on the urban middle class Madhavaram is now highly urbanized, but some parts of the zone are still rural. Madhavaram is traditionally known for its mango cultivation and its dairy industry. By Madhavaram lead the National Highway 5, the main arterial road of Chennai, to the north, and the ring road, which the National Highway 5 with the National Highways 205 and 4 connects.

By 2011, Madhavaram was an independent city (municipality ) with an area of ​​17.4 square kilometers and a population of 118 525 ( 2011 census ). The city was the capital of the taluks in the district Madhavaram Tiruvallur. The population development of Madhavaram was quite a climb: Between 2001 and 2011 the population grew by 54.3 percent. The place was, however, long since grown together with Chennai and become a part of the agglomeration of Chennai. Due to the expansion of the city of Chennai, Madhavaram was administratively incorporated in Chennai. The former municipality Madhavaram, together with the equally eingemeindeten cities Chinnasekkadu and Puzhal and the communities Kathirvedu, Surappattu and Puthagaram the zone Madhavaram.