Chengalpattu district

Chengalpattu district is one of the 38 districts of , in . The district headquarters is located at . Chengalpattu district came into existence on 29 November 2019 when it was carved out of after the announcement about the bifurcation of districts on 18 July 2019.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Chengalpattu Junction railway station and Kolavai Lake.

Railway station
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is an NSG–2 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway junction of the southern section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network situated in the town of , 56 kilometres south-west of .

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is a lake adjoining the town of in , India. The lake is located about 60 kilometres from , and is close to and .

Railway stop
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is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach– section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It is situated at a distance of 55 km south of Chennai Beach terminus and has an elevation of 42 m above sea level. is situated 5 km north of Chengalpattu district.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chengalpattu and Alapakkam.

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is a town near the banks of Palar River at the of , . has developed as a touristic spot for many foreign travellers on their way to Mamallapuram, Thirukazhukundram, Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary and Kanchipuram, Karikili Bird Sanctuary.

Suburb
is a census town in Chengalpattu district in the state of , . The Census Town has population of 9,404 of which 4,702 are males while 4,702 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.

Village
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Singaperumal Koil is a satellite town city of located between and in Chengalpattu district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. is situated 9 km north of Chengalpattu district.

Chengalpattu district

Latitude
12.6831° or 12° 40′ 59″ north
Longitude
79.977° or 79° 58′ 37″ east
Population
2,560,000
Elevation
46 metres (151 feet)
Open location code
7J4XMXMG+7R
Geo­Names ID
12212751
Wiki­data ID
Q65976177
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Telugu—“Chengalpattu district” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “চেঙ্গলপট্টু জেলা”
  • Dutch: “Chengalpattu (district)”
  • Dutch: “Chengalpattu”
  • French: “District de Chengalpattu”
  • German: “Chengalpattu (Distrikt)”
  • German: “Chengalpattu”
  • Gujarati: “ચેંગલપટ્ટુ જિલ્લો”
  • Hindi: “चेंगलपट्टु जिला”
  • Kannada: “ಚೆಂಗಲ್ಪಟ್ಟು ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ”
  • Kashmiri: “چیٚنٛگلا پٹوٗ ضِلہٕ”
  • Malayalam: “ചെങ്കൽപ്പട്ട് ജില്ല”
  • Malayalam: “ചെങ്ങൽപട്ടു ജില്ല”
  • Marathi: “चेंगलपट्टू जिल्हा”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Districte de Chengalpattu”
  • Persian: “بخش چنگالپاتو”
  • Santali: “ᱪᱮᱸᱜᱚᱞᱯᱚᱴᱴᱩ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
  • Slovenian: “Chengalpattu”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Chengalpattu”
  • Tamil: “செங்கல்பட்டு மாவட்டம்”
  • Tamil: “செங்கல்பட்டு”
  • Telugu: “చెంగల్పట్టు జిల్లా”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Melamayyūr Reserved Forest and Hanumantaputteri Reserved Forest.

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