| Kolathur | |
| Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
| Pushpin Map: | India Chennai#Tamil Nadu#India |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Kolathur, (Chennai) |
| Coordinates: | 13.124°N 80.2121°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Chennai |
| Established Title: | |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 35 |
| Population Total: | 1,10,474 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Language |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Tamil |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 600099 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone Code |
| Area Code: | +9144 |
| Registration Plate: | TN 05 yy xxxx |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Neighborhoods |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | korattur, Villivakkam, Perambur, Surapet, Madhavaram, Retteri, Ayanavaram, Anna Nagar, Sembium, Agaram, Periyar Nagar, Jawahar Nagar, Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar, Peravallur. |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | Municipal body |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Greater Chennai Corporation |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | Zone & Ward |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | 6 & 64 |
| Blank4 Name Sec1: | LS |
| Blank4 Info Sec1: | Chennai North (Lok Sabha constituency) |
| Blank5 Name Sec1: | VS |
| Blank5 Info Sec1: | Kolathur (state assembly constituency) |
| Blank6 Name Sec1: | MP |
| Blank6 Info Sec1: | Dr. Kalanidhi Veeraswamy |
| Blank7 Name Sec1: | MLA |
| Blank7 Info Sec1: | M. K. Stalin[1] (Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu) |
| Website: | https://chennaicorporation.gov.in |
Kolathur[2] is a neighborhood located in the northwestern region of Chennai,[3] in Tamil Nadu, India.
As per Census 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
Kolathur Assembly constituency,[10] in Chennai is a newly formed assembly constituency.[11] Kolathur lies in the Ward number 64 (old number 62) of the Greater Chennai Corporation.[12]
Kolathur comes under the zone VI (six) of Chennai Corporation viz. Thiru. Vi. Ka Nagar Zone.[13] [14] This neighborhood comes under Kolathur (state assembly constituency).[15] Kolathur (state assembly constituency) is one of the six Assembly Constituencies that constitute Chennai North Lok Sabha constituency.[16]
