Neighborhood in Chennai District, Tamil Nadu State, India
Neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Kolathur
Kolathur (Tamil Nadu)
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Show map of India Coordinates:13°07′26.4″N 80°12′43.6″E / 13.124000°N 80.212111°E /13.124000; 80.212111 Country India State Tamil Nadu District Chennai Elevation
35 m (115 ft) Population (2011)
• Total
110,474 Language
• Official Tamil Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST )PIN 600099
Telephone Code+9144 Vehicle registration TN 05 yy xxxx Neighborhoods korattur ,Villivakkam ,Perambur ,Surapet ,Madhavaram ,Retteri ,Ayanavaram ,Anna Nagar ,Sembium ,Agaram ,Periyar Nagar ,Jawahar Nagar ,Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar ,Peravallur .Municipal body Greater Chennai Corporation Zone & Ward 6 & 64 LS Chennai North (Lok Sabha constituency) VS Kolathur (state assembly constituency) MP Dr.Kalanidhi Veeraswamy MLA M. K. Stalin [ 1] (Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu)Website https://chennaicorporation.gov.in
Kolathur [ 2] is aneighborhood located in the northwestern region ofChennai ,[ 3] inTamil Nadu ,India .
As perCensus 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.[ 4]
Some of the important schools in Kolathur are Everwin Vidhyashram,[ 5] Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Government Higher Secondary School and Everwin Matriculation Higher Secondary School.,[ 6] Smt. Durgadevi Choudary Vivekananda Vidyalaya and Godson Public school (surapet main road) is another famous school.[ 7] [ 8]
There is an Arts and Science College viz.,Arulmigu Kapaleeswarar Arts and Science College ,[ 9] soka ikeda Arts & science college for Women and Annai voilet arts and science college
Political notability [ edit ] Kolathur Assembly constituency ,[ 10] in Chennai is a newly formed assembly constituency.[ 11] Kolathur lies in the Ward number 64 (old number 62) of theGreater Chennai Corporation .[ 12]
Kolathur comes under the zone VI (six) of Chennai Corporation viz.Thiru. Vi. Ka Nagar Zone.[ 13] [ 14]
This neighborhood comes underKolathur (state assembly constituency) .[ 15] Kolathur (state assembly constituency) is one of the six Assembly Constituencies that constituteChennai North Lok Sabha constituency .[ 16]
Shri Somanatha Swamy Temple .[ 17] Shri Lakshmi Narayana Perumal Temple, Kolathur.[ 18] Ornamental fish market [ edit ] Kolathur is known for its ornamental fish market with around 500 families is involved in production and trade[ 19] and selling over 10 lakh ornamental fishes on daily basis[ 20] .
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