Thiruneermalai | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Chengalpattu |
Subdivision Type2: | Metro |
Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Coordinates: | 12.9111°N 80.1036°W |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Chennai Metropolitan Area##Location in Tamil Nadu##Location in India |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | India Chennai#Tamil Nadu#India |
Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
Postal Code: | 600132 |
Postal Code Type: | PINs |
Utc Offset: | +5:30 |
Timezone1: | IST |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Leader Title: | MP |
Leader Name: | T.R. Baalu (DMK) |
Leader Title1: | MLA |
Leader Name1: | I. Karunanithi (DMK) |
Leader Title2: | Corporation Commissioner |
Leader Title3: | Mayor |
Leader Name3: | K. Vasanthakumari (DMK) |
Leader Title4: | Deputy Mayor |
Leader Name4: | G. Kamaraj (DMK) |
Registration Plate Type: | Vehicle Registration |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Footnotes: | [1] |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Tamil |
Demographics1 Title2: | Additional official |
Demographics1 Info2: | English |
Subdivision Type4: | City |
Subdivision Name4: | Tambaram |
Leader Name2: | R. Alagumeena IAS |
Blank Name Sec1: | Law enforcement agency |
Blank Info Sec1: | Tambaram City Police |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Urban planning agency |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority |
Thiruneermalai is a neighborhood in the city of Tambaram, situated within the Chennai Metropolitan Area, Tamil Nadu, India.
Originally a town panchayat in Chengalpattu district, Thiruneermalai is now a part of Pammal Zone under Tambaram Municipal Corporation.[2] Thiruneermalai is known for the Thiruneermalai temple complex, consisting of the Ranganatha and Thiruneermalai Neervanna Perumal Temples. Thiruneermalai area is one of the 163 notified areas (megalithic sites) in Tamil Nadu.[3]
As of the 2001 Census of India,[4] Thiruneermalai had a population of 19,019. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Thiruneermalai has an average literacy rate of 79%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 74%. Many of the people have college degrees. In Thiruneermalai, 11% of the population is under 14 years of age.