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Ambattur taluk is ataluk ofChennai district of theIndian state ofTamil Nadu. Its headquarters are the neighbourhood ofAmbattur. This taluk was created from a division ofPonneri taluk,Tiruvallur district. On 4 January 2018,Chennai district was expanded by annexing Ambattur taluk.[1] The RTO code for Ambattur taluk isTN-13.
According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Ambattur had a population of 924,474 out of which 469,137 are males and 455,337 are females. There were 971 women for every 1,000 men. The taluk had aliteracy rate of 81.9%. Child population in the age group below 6 years were 45,980 males and 43,831 females.[2]