Kanchipuram taluk

Kanchipuram taluk is a taluk of Kanchipuram district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Kanchipuram

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Kanchipuram had a population of 497,149 with 248,632 males and 248,517 females. There were 1,000 women for every 1,000 men. The taluk had a literacy rate of 72.92. Child population in the age group below 6 was 24,301 Males and 23,737 Females.^[1]

References

↑ "Provisional Population Totals - Tamil Nadu-Census 2011" (PDF). Census Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 4 July 2013.

Kanchipuram district

District Headquarters	Kanchipuram

Country	India

State	Tamil Nadu

Region	Tondai Nadu

Taluks	Alandur Sholinganallur Tambaram Chengalpattu Thirupporur Tirukalukundram Cheyyur Madurantakam Sriperumbudur Walajabad Kanchipuram Uthiramerur

Blocks	St. Thomas Mount Kattangulathur Thirupporur Tirukalukundram Lathur Chithamur Madurantakam Acharapakkam Kunnattur Sriperumbudur Walajabad Kanchipuram Uttiramerur

Municipalities	Pallavaram Pammal Anakaputhur Sembakkam Tambaram Maraimalai Nagar Chengalpattu Maduranthakam Kanchipuram

History	Pallavas Medieval Cholas Later Cholas Later Pandyas Delhi Sultanate Madurai Sultanate Vijayanagar Empire Carnatic Kingdom Company Raj British Raj

Places of interest	Arignar Anna Zoological Park Ashtabujakaram Cholamandal Artists' Village Dakshinchitra Descent of the Ganges Ekambareswarar Temple V.G.P Golden Beach Kanchi Kailasanathar Temple Kalyana Varadharaja Perumal Temple Kamakshi Amman Temple Kundrathur Murugan Temple Madras Atomic Power Station Madras Crocodile Bank Trust Neervalur Pancha Rathas Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Mamallapuram Shore Temple St. Thomas Mount Subrahmanya Temple Thirukadalmallai Thirukazhukundram Tirusoolanathar Temple Tiruththanka Tiruvekkaa Tiruvelukkai Varadharaja Perumal Temple Varaha Cave Temple Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary

Religious and monastic institutions	Kanchi matha Roman Catholic Diocese of Chingleput

Universities	B. S. Abdur Rahman University Sathyabama University Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya SRM University Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing Kancheepuram

Cities and Towns Villages People

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