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Kolathur
Kolathur is located in Chennai
Kolathur

Kolathur

Kolathur is located in Tamil Nadu
Kolathur

Kolathur

Kolathur is located in India
Kolathur

Kolathur

Coordinates: 13°07′25.7″N 80°12′43.7″E / 13.123806°N 80.212139°E / 13.123806; 80.212139
Country India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictChennai district
Elevation
12 m (39.36 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total110,474.[1]
Languages
 • OfficialTamil
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
600099
Telephone Code044
Vehicle registrationTN 05 (RTO, Chennai North)
NeighborhoodsVillivakkam, Perambur, Surapet, Madhavaram, Ponniammanmedu, Ayanavaram, Anna Nagar, Sembium, Agaram, Periyar Nagar, Jawahar Nagar, Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar, Peravallur.
Municipal bodyChennai Corporation
Zone & Ward6 &64
LSChennai North (Lok Sabha constituency)
VSKolathur (state assembly constituency)
MPDr. Kalanidhi Veeraswamy
MLAM.K. Stalin
Websitehttps://chennaicorporation.gov.in

Kolathur is a neighborhood located in the north region of Chennai, India.

Demographics

As per Census of India 2011, the total population of Kolathur, Chennai was 1,10,474. Out of this, the male population contributed 55,689 whereas the female population was 54,785. Out of this, 15,214 (males: 7,695 and females: 7,519) were Scheduled Castes and 552 (males: 289 and females: 263) were Scheduled Tribes. The population of children below 6 years of age was 11,760 (males: 6,091 and females: 5,669). Literates of Kolathur constitute 92,248, out of which males were 47,663 and females were 44,585.[2][3]

Education

Some of the important schools in Kolathur are Everwin Vidhyashram, Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Government Higher Secondary School and Everwin Matriculation Higher Secondary School.[4] And Durgadevi Choudary Vivekananda Vidyalaya is another famous school.[5]

Political notability

Kolathur (Chennai) has the Division (ward) number (New ward number 64 / (old number 62) with voters strength of nearly 70,000.[6] Kolathur (state assembly constituency), Chennai, has 1.98 lakh voters.[7] Kolathur lies in the Ward number 64 (old number 62) of the Greater Chennai Corporation.[8]

Kolathur comes under the zone VI (six) of Chennai Corporation viz. Thiru. Vi. Ka Nagar Zone.[9][10]

This neighborhood comes under Kolathur (state assembly constituency).[11] Kolathur (state assembly constituency) is one of the six Assembly Constituencies that constitute Chennai North (Lok Sabha constituency).[12]

Places of worship

  1. Shri Somanatha Swamy Temple.[13]
  2. Shri Lakshmi Narayana Perumal Temple, Kolathur.[14]

Geolocation

References

  1. ^ "District Census Handbook, Chennai, Village and Town Directory" (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations, Tamil Nadu. Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. p. 30.
  • ^ "District Census Handbook, Chennai, Village and Town wise Primary Census Abstract" (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations, Tamil Nadu. Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. p. 258 and 259.
  • ^ "District Census Handbook, Chennai, Village and Town Directory" (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations, Tamil Nadu. Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. p. 30.
  • ^ "Tamil Nadu Class 11 admissions 2020: BCom still top choice of students - Times of India". The Times of India. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  • ^ "Chennai: Students enter school in red zone to buy books". The Times of India. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  • ^ "Interesting battle puts Kolathur in limelight - The Hindu". The Hindu. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  • ^ "Clash of titans at Kolathur: Stalin vs Duraiswam - The New Indian Express". The New Indian Express. 4 April 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  • ^ "MAP_ZONE_WARD.jpg (3179×4493)". Greater Chennai Corporation. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  • ^ "Local Bodies". National Informatics Center. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  • ^ "MAP_ZONE_WARD.jpg (3179x4493)". Greater Chennai Corporation. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  • ^ "Kolathur Vidhan Sabha Election - Kolathur Assembly Election Results, Polling Stations, Voters, Candidates". Datanet India Pvt. Ltd. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  • ^ "Elections in India - A Comparative Analysis of Parliamentary (Lok Sabha) & State Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Election". Datanet India Pvt. Ltd. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  • ^ "Arulmigu Somanatha Swamy Temple, Kolthur, Chennai - 600099, Chennai District [TM000095]". HR & CE Department, Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  • ^ "Arulmigu Lakshmi Narayana Perumal Temple, Kolathur, Chennai - 600099, Chennai District [TM001205]". HR & CE Department, Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
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