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[[File:Chennai zones.png|thumb|right|15 Zones of the Chennai Corporation after expansion]]
The city of [[Chennai]] in [[Tamil Nadu]], India, is managed by the [[Corporation of Chennai]]. Established as Madras Corporation in 1688, it is the oldest municipal body in India.<ref name=hindu1>{{Cite news |last=Achuthan |first=Kamal |title=Chennai Corporation to celebrate 320 years |url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/23/stories/2008092357680100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080923115809/http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/23/stories/2008092357680100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 September 2008 |accessdate=31 August 2012 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=23 September 2008}}</ref><ref name="Committee1994">{{Cite book |last=Committee |first=Madras Tercentenary Celebration |title=The Madras Tercentenary Commemoration Volume |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pwMk4FIcpuUC |access-date=31 August 2012 |year=1994 |publisher=Asian Educational Services |isbn=978-81-206-0537-4 |page=192}}</ref><ref name="Aggarwal">{{Cite book |last=Aggarwal |first=Anjana |title=Comprehensive Reading & Writing in English XII |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sPmWPN60yxoC |access-date=31 August 2012 |publisher=Firewall Media |isbn=978-81-7008-734-2 |page=114}}</ref> It is headed by a [[List of mayors of Chennai|mayor]], who presides over 200 [[councillor]]s each of whom represents a [[Ward (country subdivision)|ward]]. The current mayor of Chennai was elected on 4 March 2022.

Prior to its expansion in late 2011, the city occupied an area of {{Convert|174|km2|abbr=on}}; its merger with 42 local bodies at that time more than doubled its extent, resulting in a combined area of {{Convert|426|km2|abbr=on}}. Chennai Corporation absorbed seven [[Municipality|municipalities]], three town [[Panchayati raj in India|panchayat]]s and 13 panchayat unions in [[Tiruvallur district]] and two municipalities, five town panchayats and 12 panchayat unions in [[Kanchipuram district]].<ref name=hindu3>{{Cite news |title=More areas to come under Chennai Corporation |url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/30/stories/2009123057580100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102070154/http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/30/stories/2009123057580100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 January 2010 |accessdate=31 August 2012 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=30 December 2009}}</ref> A total of nine municipalities merged into the city: [[Alandur]], [[Ambattur]], [[Kattivakkam]], [[Madhavaram, Chennai|Madhavaram]], [[Maduravoyal]], [[Manali, Chennai|Manali]], [[Tiruvottiyur]], [[Ullagaram]]-[[Puzhuthivakkam]] and [[Valasaravakkam]]. A total of eight town panchayats merged into the city: [[Chinnasekkadu]], [[Puzhal]], [[Porur]], [[Nandambakkam]], [[Meenambakkam]], [[Perungudi]], [[Pallikaranai]], [[Sholinganallur]]. A total of twenty-six village panchayats merged into the city: [[Edayanchavadi]], [[Sadayankuppam]], [[Kadapakkam, Chennai|Kadapakkam]], [[Theeyampakkam]], [[Mathur, Chennai|Mathur]], [[Vadaperumbakkam]], [[Surapet]], [[Kathirvedu]], [[Puthagaram]], [[Nolambur]], [[Karambakkam]], [[Nerkundram]], [[Ramapuram, Chennai|Ramapuram]], [[Mugalivakkam]], [[Manapakkam]], [[Kottivakkam]], [[Palavakkam]], [[Neelankarai]], [[Injambakkam]], [[Karapakkam]], [[Thuraipakkam|Okkiyam-Thuraipakkam]], [[Madipakkam, Chennai|Madipakkam]], Madipakkam-B / Madipakkam-II (only revenue and disaster management merged with Zone-14 Puzhuthivakkam of the city, local body administration is under Kovilambakkam rural village panchayat), [[Jaladampet]], [[Semmencherry]], and [[Uthandi]].<ref name=hindu3/>

The expanded city contains 4.41 million voters and was re-organised into 15 zones consisting of 200 wards.<ref name=hindu2>{{Cite news |last=Ramakrishnan |first=Deepa H |title=Details of merged wards online soon |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/article2468466.ece |accessdate=31 August 2012 |newspaper=The Hindu |date=20 September 2011}}</ref> The newly annexed areas were divided into 93 wards, and the remaining 107 wards were created out of the original 155 within the old city limits.<ref name=oneindia>{{Cite web |title=சென்னை மாநகராட்சி எல்லைகள் விஸ்தரிப்பு- 200 வார்டுகளுடன் மெகா மாநகராட்சியானது |url=https://tamil.oneindia.com/news/2011/09/09/chennai-corporation-will-have-200-wards-15-zones-aid0091.html |publisher=Oneindia |access-date=31 August 2012}}</ref> {{As of|2011|09}}, the new wards are yet to be named.<ref name=hindu2/> Out of the 200 wards, 26 were reserved for [[scheduled castes and scheduled tribes]] and 58 were reserved for women.<ref name=oneindia/>

==Other Corporation in Chennai Metropolitan Area==
{{Further|Mylapore (Corporation zone)|label1=Mylapore Corporation zone}}

===[[Avadi Municipal Corporation|Avadi Corporation]]===
===[[Kancheepuram Municipal Corporation|Kanchipuram Corporation]]===
===[[Tambaram Municipal Corporation|Tambaram Corporation]]===

==Zones==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! No. !! Zone !! Wards !! [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Assembly constituency]] !! [[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha#Tamil Nadu (39)|Parliamentary constituency]] !! [[Taluk]] !! [[District]]
|-
| 1
| [[Thiruvottiyur]]
| 1 – 14
| [[Thiruvottiyur (State Assembly Constituency)|Thiruvottiyur]]
| [[Chennai North (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chennai North]]
| [[Tiruvottiyur taluk|Tiruvottiyur]]
| [[Chennai District|Chennai]]
|-
| 2
| [[Manali, Chennai|Manali]]
| 15 – 22
| [[Thiruvottiyur (State Assembly Constituency)|Thiruvottiyur]]/[[Madhavaram (State Assembly Constituency)|Madhavaram]]/[[Ponneri (State Assembly Constituency)|Ponneri]] (Part)
| [[Chennai North (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chennai North]]/[[Thiruvallur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thiruvallur]]
| [[Tiruvottiyur taluk|Tiruvottiyur]]/[[Madhavaram taluk|Madhavaram]]
| [[Chennai District|Chennai]]
|-
| 3
| [[Madhavaram, Chennai|Madhavaram]]
| 23 – 33
| [[Madhavaram (State Assembly Constituency)|Madhavaram]]
| [[Thiruvallur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thiruvallur]]
| [[Madhavaram taluk|Madhavaram]]
| [[Chennai District|Chennai]]
|-
| 4
| [[Tondiarpet]]
| 34 – 48
| [[Perambur (State Assembly Constituency)|Perambur]]/[[Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar (State Assembly Constituency)|RK Nagar]]/[[Royapuram (State Assembly Constituency)|Royapuram]]
| [[Chennai North (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chennai North]]
| [[Tondiarpet taluk|Tondiarpet]]
| [[Chennai District|Chennai]]
|-
| 5
| [[Royapuram]]
| 49 – 63
| [[Royapuram (State Assembly Constituency)|Royapuram]]/[[Harbour (State Assembly Constituency)|Harbour]]/[[Egmore (State Assembly Constituency)|Egmore]]/[[Chepauk (State Assembly Constituency)|Chepauk-Tiruvallikenni]]
| [[Chennai North (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chennai North]]/[[Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chennai Central]]
| [[Egmore taluk|Egmore]]/[[Purasaiwalkam taluk|Purasaiwalkam]]
| [[Chennai District|Chennai]]
|-
| 6
| [[Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar]]
| 64 – 78
| [[Kolathur (State Assembly Constituency)|Kolathur]]/[[Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar (State Assembly Constituency)|Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar]]/[[Egmore (State Assembly Constituency)|Egmore]]
| [[Chennai North (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chennai North]]
| [[Perambur taluk|Perambur]]/[[Ayanavaram taluk|Ayanavaram]]/[[Purasaiwalkam taluk|Purasaiwalkam]]
| [[Chennai District|Chennai]]
|-
| 7
| [[Ambattur]]
| 79 – 93
| [[Ambattur (State Assembly Constituency)|Ambattur]]/[[Maduravoyal (State Assembly Constituency)|Maduravoyal]](Part)
| [[Sriperumbudur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sriperumbudur]]
| [[Ambattur taluk|Ambattur]]
| [[Chennai District|Chennai]]
|-
| 8
| [[Anna Nagar]]
| 94 – 108
| [[Villivakkam (State Assembly Constituency)|Villivakkam]]/[[Egmore (State Assembly Constituency)|Egmore]]/[[Anna Nagar (State Assembly Constituency)|Anna Nagar]]
| [[Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chennai Central]]
| [[Ayanavaram taluk|Ayanavaram]]/[[Aminjikarai taluk|Aminjikarai]]
| [[Chennai District|Chennai]]
|-
| 9
| [[Teynampet]]
| 109 – 126
| [[Thousand Lights (State Assembly Constituency)|Thousand Lights]]/[[Chepauk (State Assembly Constituency)|Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni]]/[[Mylapore Assembly constituency|Mylapore]]
| [[Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chennai Central]]
| [[Mylapore taluk|Mylapore]]/[[Egmore taluk|Egmore]]
| [[Chennai District|Chennai]]
|-
| 10
| [[Kodambakkam]]
| 127 – 142
| [[Maduravoyal (State Assembly Constituency)|Maduravoyal]] (Part)/[[Virugambakkam (State Assembly Constituency)|Virugambakkam]]/[[Theagaraya Nagar (State Assembly Constituency)|T.Nagar]]/[[Saidapet (State Assembly Constituency)|Saidapet]]
| [[Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chennai Central]]
| [[Mambalam taluk|Mambalam]]/[[Guindy taluk|Guindy]]/[[Egmore taluk|Egmore]]
| [[Chennai District|Chennai]]
|-
| 11
| [[Valasaravakkam]]
| 143 – 155
| [[Maduravoyal (State Assembly Constituency)|Maduravoyal]]
| [[Sriperumbudur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sriperumbudur]]
| [[Maduravoyal taluk|Maduravoyal]]/[[Alandur taluk|Alandur]]
| [[Chennai District|Chennai]]
|-
| 12
| [[Alandur]]
| 156 – 167
| [[Alandur (State Assembly Constituency)|Alandur]]/[[Pallavaram (State Assembly Constituency)|Pallavaram]] (Part)/[[Sholinganallur (State Assembly Constituency)|Sholinganallur]] (Part)
| [[Sriperumbudur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sriperumbudur]]
| [[Alandur taluk|Alandur]]
| [[Chennai District|Chennai]]
|-
| 13
| [[Adyar (Chennai)|Adyar]]
| 168 – 180
| [[Saidapet (State Assembly Constituency)|Saidapet]]/[[Mylapore Assembly constituency|Mylapore]]/[[Velachery (State Assembly Constituency)|Velachery]]
| [[Chennai South (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chennai South]]
| [[Velachery taluk|Velachery]]
| [[Chennai District|Chennai]]
|-
| 14
| [[Perungudi]]
| 181 – 191
| [[Velachery (State Assembly Constituency)|Velachery]] (Part)/[[Alandur (State Assembly Constituency)|Alandur]] (Part)/[[Sholinganallur (State Assembly Constituency)|Sholinganallur]]
| [[Chennai South (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chennai South]]
| [[Sholinganallur taluk|Sholinganallur]]
| [[Chennai District|Chennai]]
|-
| 15
| [[Sholinganallur]]
| 192 – 200
| [[Sholinganallur (state assembly constituency)|Sholinganallur]]
| [[Chennai South (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chennai South]]
| [[Sholinganallur taluk|Sholinganallur]]
| [[Chennai district|Chennai]]
|}

== Proposed Zones==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! New Zone No. !! Old Zone !! Assembly Constituencies !! No of Wards !! Ward Numbers
|-
|1
|1, 2
|[[Madavaram Assembly constituency|Madhavaram]], [[Ponneri Assembly constituency|Ponneri]], [[Thiruvottriyur Assembly constituency|Thiruvottriyur]]
|19
|1 to 16, 20, 21
|-
|2
|2, 3
|[[Madavaram Assembly constituency|Madhavaram]], [[Thiruvottriyur Assembly constituency|Thiruvottriyur]]
|14
|17, 19, 22 to 33
|[[File:Constitution-Madavaram.svg|100px]]
|-
|3
|4
|[[Radhakrishnan Nagar Assembly constituency|Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar]], [[Perambur Assembly constituency|Perambur]]
|11
|34 to 43, 47
|-
|4
|4, 5
|[[Harbour Assembly constituency|Harbour]], [[Royapuram Assembly constituency|Royapuram]]
|12
|48 to 57, 59, 60
|[[File:Constitution-Royapuram.svg|100px]]
|-
|5
|6
|[[Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar Assembly constituency|Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar]], [[Perambur Assembly constituency|Perambur]], [[Kolathur Assembly constituency|Kolathur]]
|12
|44 to 46, 64 to 72
|-
|6
|7
|[[Ambattur Assembly constituency|Ambattur]], [[Maduravoyal Assembly constituency|Maduravoyal]]
|13
|79 to 90, 93
|[[File:Constitution-Ambattur.svg|100px]]
|-
|7
|8
|[[Anna Nagar Assembly constituency|Anna Nagar]], [[Villivakkam Assembly constituency|Villivakkam]]
|6
|94 to 98, 102 to 104
|-

|-
|5
|4
|[[Tondiarpet]]
|[[Radhakrishnan Nagar Assembly constituency|Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar]]
|7
|38 to 43, 47
|[[File:Constitution-Radhakrishnan Nagar.svg|100px]]
|-
|7
|5
|[[Royapuram]]
|[[Harbour Assembly constituency|Harbour]]
|6
|54 to 57, 59, 60
|[[File:Constitution-Harbour.svg|100px]]
|-
|8
|6
|[[Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar]]
|[[Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar Assembly constituency|Thiru. Vi. Kalyanasundranar Nagar]]
|6
|71 to 76
|[[File:Constitution-Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar.svg|100px]]
|-
|11
|8
|[[Anna Nagar]]
|[[Anna Nagar Assembly constituency|Anna Nagar]]
|7
|100 to 103, 105 to 107
|[[File:Constitution-Anna Nagar.svg|100px]]
|-
|12
|5, 6, 8
|[[Royapuram]], [[Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar]], [[Anna Nagar]]
|[[Egmore Assembly constituency|Egmore]]
|6
|58, 61, 77, 78, 104, 108
|-
|13
|5, 9
|[[Royapuram]], [[Teynampet]]
|[[Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni Assembly constituency|Chepakkam-Thiruvallikeni]]
|7
|62, 63, 114 to 116, 119, 120
|[[File:Constitution-Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni.svg|100px]]
|-
|14
|9
|[[Teynampet]]
|[[Thousand Lights Assembly constituency|Aayiramvillaku]]
|7
|109 to 113, 117, 118
|[[File:Constitution thousand light.svg|100px]]
|-
|15
|10
|[[Kodambakkam]]
|[[Thiyagarayanagar Assembly constituency|Thiyagaraya Nagar]]
|7
|130 to 135, 141
|[[File:Constitution-Thiyagaraya Nagar.svg|100px]]
|-
|16
|10
|[[Kodambakkam]]
|[[Virugampakkam Assembly constituency|Virugambakkam]]
|6
|127 to 129, 136 to 138
|[[File:Constitution-Virugampakkam.svg|100px]]
|-
|14
|7, 11
|[[Maduravoyal Assembly constituency|Maduravoyal]]
|9
|91, 92, 143, 144, 146, 147, 150, 151, 153
|-
|15
|12
|[[Alandur Assembly constituency|Alandur]], [[Sholinganallur Assembly constituency|Sholinganallur]], [[Pallavaram Assembly constituency|Pallavaram]]
|12
|156 to 167
|-
|16
|10, 13
|[[Kodambakkam]], [[Adyar, Chennai|Adyar]]
|[[Saidapet Assembly constituency|Saidapettai]], [[Velachery Assembly constituency|Velachery]]
|8
|139, 140, 142, 168, 169, 172, 175, 176
|[[File:Constitution-Saidapet.svg|100px]]
|-
|17
|9, 13
|[[Mylapore Assembly constituency|Thirumayilai]], [[Saidapet Assembly constituency|Saidapettai]], [[Velachery Assembly constituency|Velachery]]
|9
|126, 170, 171, 173, 174, 177 to 180
|[[File:Constitution-Mylapore.svg|100px]]
|-
|18
|13
|[[Velachery Assembly constituency|Velachery]], [[Sholinganallur Assembly constituency|Sholinganallur]]
|7
|181 to 184, 192 to 194
|[[File:Constitution-Velachery.svg|100px]]
|-
|19
|14
|[[Alandur Assembly constituency|Alandur]], [[Sholinganallur Assembly constituency|Sholinganallur]]
|6
|185 to 190
|-
|20
|15
|[[Sholinganallur Assembly constituency|Sholinganallur]]
|9
|191, 195 to 200
|}

==Other Constituencies in [[Chennai Metropolitan Area]]==
#[[Avadi (State Assembly Constituency)|Avadi]]
#[[Pallavaram (State Assembly Constituency)|Pallavaram]]
#[[Poonamallee (State Assembly Constituency)|Poonamallee]]
#[[Tambaram (state assembly constituency)|Tambaram]]
#[[Thiruporur (State Assembly constituency)|Thiruporur]]

==Other Taluks in [[Chennai Metropolitan Area]]==
#[[Avadi taluk|Avadi]]
#[[Poonamallee taluk|Poonamalee]]
#[[Tambaram taluk|Tambaram]]
#[[Pallavaram taluk|Pallavaram]]
#[[Vandalur taluk|Vandalur]]

==Municipalities in [[Chennai Metropolitan Area]]==
===[[Tiruvallur District]]===
#[[Poonamallee]]
#[[Thiruverkadu]]
#[[Thiruninravur]]

===[[Kancheepuram District]]===
#[[Kunrathur]]
#[[Mangadu]]

===[[Chengalpattu district|Chengalpattu District]]===
#[[Nandivaram-Guduvancheri]]
#[[Maraimalainagar]]
#[[Chengalpattu]]

==Town Panchayats in [[Chennai Metropolitan Area]]==

===[[Tiruvallur District]]===
#[[Minjur]]
#[[Naravarikuppam]]
#[[Thirumazhisai]]
#[[Gummidipoondi]]

===[[Kancheepuram District]]===
#[[Sriperumbudur]]
#[[Walajabad]]

===[[Chengalpattu District]]===
#[[Thiruporur]]
#[[Mamallapuram]]

==See also==
{{Portal|India}}
*[[List of mayors of Chennai]]

==References==
;General
{{refbegin}}
*{{cite web|title=Newly formed zones|url=http://www.chennaicorporation.gov.in/images/wards_commitee.pdf|publisher=Chennai Corporation|accessdate=31 August 2012|format=PDF}}
{{refend}}
* [http://www.chennaicorporation.gov.in/rules-procedures/roadMaintenance.htm Official Zone wise executive engineers contact details]
* [http://www.chennaicorporation.gov.in/zone/index.htm Official zone details]
;Specific
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.chennaicorporation.gov.in/images/MAP_ZONE_WARD.jpg Expansion of Chennai – Zone map]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070210124909/http://www.eci.gov.in/electionanalysis/AE/S22/a_index_right1.htm ECI - Chennai Assembly results]

{{Chennai Topics}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chennai Corporation zones}}
[[Category:Greater Chennai Corporation|Zones]]
[[Category:Chennai-related lists]]

Administrative divisions of Chennai - Revision history

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