Chennai Pincodes

The capital of Tamil Nadu, India’s southernmost state, is Chennai, formerly known as Madras. Situated on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, it is the primate city of the state in terms of both territory and population. Chennai is the sixth most populated city in India and the fourth most populous urban agglomeration, according to the 2011 Indian census. The Greater Chennai Corporation was established in 1866 and is the second-oldest municipal corporation globally, behind London. It is the oldest municipal corporation in India.

History

In Chennai, close to Pallavaram, stone age tools have been discovered. Pallavaram was a megalithic cultural structure, and prehistoric communities lived there, according to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). For many decades, the area surrounding Chennai has been a significant hub for the armed forces, administration, and economy. In the first century CE, Thiruvalluvar, a weaver and poet, resided in the town of Mylapore. The Cholas controlled sections of South India and the area that is now Tamil Nadu from the first to the 12th century.

Geography

Chennai is situated on the Eastern Coastal Plains, a level coastal plain in the northeastern region of Tamil Nadu, on the country’s southeast coast. Its highest point is 60 meters, while its average elevation is about 6.7 meters. By road, Chennai is located 1,707 miles southwest of Kolkata, 1,337 km southeast of Mumbai, and 2,184 km south of Delhi. Chennai is traversed by two principal rivers: the Adyar River to the south and the Cooum River (also known as Koovam) across the center. The Kortalaiyar, a third river, passes through the city’s northern outskirts before emptying into the Bay of Bengal at Ennore. The industrial areas in the area discharge a lot of pollutants into the river’s estuary.

Climate

Chennai is classified as having a dry-summer tropical climate that is both rainy and dry. Because to its coastal location and placement on the thermal equator, the city is shielded from severe seasonal temperature variations. With maximum temperatures of 35 to 40 °C, late May to early June known locally as Agni Nakshatram or Kathiri Veyyil is the warmest time of year. January has the lowest minimum temperatures of the year, ranging from 19 to 25 °C.

The two lowest recorded temperatures, on December 11, 1895, and January 29, 1905, were 13.9 °C. On May 31, 2003, a temperature of 45 °C was the hottest ever recorded. Roughly 140 cm of rain falls on average each year.

Demography

A Chennaite is a person who lives in Chennai. In 2011, the Municipal Corporation managed 174 square kilometers of the city, with 4,646,732 people residing there. This translates to a population density of 26,705 people per square kilometer. Of the 11, lakh households in the city, 51% were renters. Chennai Municipal Corporation was renamed as Greater Chennai Corporation. The city’s boundaries were extended later in 2011 to 426 square kilometers, and its population reached 7,088,000, resulting in a population density of 16,639 people per square kilometer.