Chennai district

This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters and the city, see Chennai.

Chennai District
Madras
District of Tamil Nadu
View of Marina Beach
View of Marina Beach
Nicknames: 
Location in Tamil Nadu
Location in Tamil Nadu
Coordinates: 13°5′2″N 80°16′12″E / 13.08389°N 80.27000°E / 13.08389; 80.27000
Country India
State Tamil Nadu
RegionChola Nadu
HeadquartersChennai
TalukasAlandur, Aminjikarai, Ambattur, Ayanavaram, Egmore, Guindy, Kolathur, Madhavaram, Manali, Maduravoyal, Mylapore, Mambalam, Purasawalkam, Perambur, Shollinganallur, Thiruvottiyur, Tondiarpet, Velachery
Government
 • District CollectorRashmi Siddharth Zagade, IAS
Area
[3]
 • Total
426 km2 (164 sq mi)
Elevation
6.7 m (22.0 ft)
Population
 (2011)[4]
 • Total
6,748,026
 • Density16,000/km2 (41,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Chennaiite
Chennaikaran
Languages
 • OfficialTamil
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
600XXX
Telephone code44
ISO 3166 code044
Vehicle registrationTN01
To
TN14
TN18
TN22
TN85
Per Capita Income (2019-20)₹329,113 (equivalent to ₹390,000 or US$4,600 in 2023) [5]
Sex ratio951 female / 1000 male[6]
Gross Domestic Product (2019-20) Note: Data corresponds to district before expansion₹147,512.42 crore (equivalent to ₹1.7 trillion or US$21 billion in 2023) [7]
Websitehttps://chennai.nic.in/


Chennai district, formerly known as Madras district,[a] is one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is the smallest and the most densely populated district in the state. The district is coterminous with the city of Chennai, which is administered by the Greater Chennai Corporation. It is surrounded by Tiruvallur district in the north and the west, Kanchipuram district in the south-west, Chenglpattu district in the south, and the Bay of Bengal in the east.

As of 2011, the district had a population of 67,48,026 with a sex-ratio of 989 females for every 1,000 males.[6] Much of the district's population descended from its settlements in the 1st century CE to the Middle Ages, but the diversity has grown much since then. The district consists of only one civic body, the megacity of Chennai, which forms the core and the most notable portion of the much bigger Chennai metropolis, or officially, the Chennai Metropolitan Area. In 2018, the district's limits were expanded, aligning with that of the newly expanded Greater Chennai Corporation, which had annexed adjacent municipalities. It resulted in the area being increased from 175 square kilometres (68 sq mi) to 426 square kilometres (164 sq mi).[3][8] The district is divided into three revenue divisions and ten taluks.It has GDP ( PPP ) of $ 143.9 Billion ( as of 2023 )[9]

  1. ^ "Chennai has emerged as India's Detroit". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  2. ^ "India Is Becoming A Hub For 'Medical Tourists' — Despite The 'Million Dollar Difference' In Care". Business Insider. 12 June 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
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  5. ^ https://www.mse.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Working-Paper-260.pdf
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  7. ^ https://spc.tn.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/Regional_Imbalance.pdf
  8. ^ Yogesh, Kabirdoss (19 January 2018). "Chennai district boundaries likely to be redrawn on April 1". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Chennai". C40 Cities. Retrieved 27 August 2024.


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