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Thiruporur is a panchayat town in Chengalpattu district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The Thiruporur Kandaswamy temple is situated in the center of the town. There is a large temple tank in the vicinity of the temple. Thiruporur is located on Old Mahabalipuram Road and is flanked by Kelambakkam on one side and Alathur Pharmaceutical Industrial Estate on the other side, both of which are also on Old Mahabalipuram Road.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Thiruporur
Settlement.settlement_type
panchayat town
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India Tamil Nadu
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left
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Thiruporur, Tamil Nadu, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Tamil Nadu
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Chengalpattu
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2
20.16
Settlement.elevation_m
53
Settlement.population_total
13666
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.demographics_type1
Languages
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Official

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
town
Country
India
Area
7.9
Time zone
UTC+05:30
Image
Thiruporur kulam.JPG
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Commons category
Thiruporur
postal code
603110
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Thiruporur is a panchayat town in Chengalpattu district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The Thiruporur Kandaswamy temple is situated in the center of the town. There is a large temple tank in the vicinity of the temple. Thiruporur is located on Old Mahabalipuram Road and is flanked by Kelambakkam on one side and Alathur Pharmaceutical Industrial Estate on the other side, both of which are also on Old Mahabalipuram Road.

==Demographics== India census, Thiruporur had a population of 13,666. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Thiruporur has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 63%. In Thiruporur, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thiruporur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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