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Chennai, along with Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata, is one of the few Indian cities that are home to a diverse population of ethno-religious communities. [2] According to the 2011 census Chennai then had a total population of 67,48,026 at a density of 15,840 per square kilometre spanning across an area of 426 km²; the sex ratio was 1025 and literacy rate was 90.33%. [3]
Chennai houses a major portion of India's automobile industry, hence the name "Detroit of India". It was the only South Asian city to be ranked among National Geographic 's "Top 10 food cities" in 2015 and ranked ninth on Lonely Planet 's best cosmopolitan cities in the world.
Chennai District, formerly known as Madras district, [a] is one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is the smallest and the most densely populated district in the state. It is the smallest and the most densely populated district in the state.
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai (formerly known as Madras). Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the States of Puducherry, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. It is the tenth-largest state in India and the seventh most populous state.
Tamil Nadu (/ ˌ t æ m ɪ l ˈ n ɑː d uː /; Tamil: [ˈtamiɻ ˈnaːɽɯ] ⓘ, abbr. TN) is the southernmost state of India.The tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population, Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, who speak the Tamil language—the state's official language and one of the longest surviving classical languages of the world.
India, officially the Republic of India, [j] [21] is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area ; the most populous country from June 2023 onwards; [ 22 ] [ 23 ] and since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy.
Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA) or Greater Chennai is the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in India and the 35th most populous in the world. It consists of the core city of Chennai , which is coterminous with the Chennai district , and its suburbs in Kanchipuram , Chengalpattu , Thiruvallur and Ranipet districts.
Chennai is situated on a flat coastal plain, as can be seen in this Landsat 7 map. Chennai is located at on the southeast coast of India and in the northeast corner of Tamil Nadu. It is located on a flat coastal plain known as the Eastern Coastal Plains. The city has an average elevation of 6 metres (20 ft), its highest point being 60 m (200 ft).