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Poonamallee taluk is a taluk ___MASK92___ ___MASK94___ ___MASK92___ the Indian state ___MASK92___ Tamil Nadu . The headquarters ___MASK92___ the taluk is the town ___MASK92___ Poonamallee . ___MASK94___ ( also known as Thiruvallur District ) is an administrative district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu . It is a part of Greater chennai corporation . The town of Tiruvallur is the district headquarters . The district has a mixture of urban and rural characteristics . The Eastern part of ___MASK94___ is dominated by urban characteristics while the Southern and Northern part of the district has influence of Andhra culture due to its position . As of 2011 , the district had a population of 3 , 728 , 104 with a sex - ratio of 987 females for every 1 , 000 males ___MASK17___ ; formerly known as Madras or ) is the capital ___MASK92___ the Indian state ___MASK92___ Tamil Nadu . Located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay ___MASK92___ Bengal , it is one ___MASK92___ the biggest cultural , economic and educational centres in South India . According to the 2011 Indian census , it is the sixth - largest city and fourth - most populous urban agglomeration in India . The city together with the adjoining regions constitute the ___MASK17___ Metropolitan Area , which is the 36th - largest urban area by population in the world . ___MASK17___ is among the most visited Indian cities by foreign tourists . It was ranked 43rd most visited city in the world for year 2015 . The Quality ___MASK92___ Living Survey rated ___MASK17___ as the safest city in India . ___MASK17___ attracts 45 percent ___MASK92___ health tourists visiting India , and 30 to 40 percent ___MASK92___ domestic health tourists . As such , it is termed " India ' s health capital ". As a growing metropolitan city in a developing country , ___MASK17___ confronts substantial pollution and other logistical and socio - economic problems . ___MASK12___ () is one ___MASK92___ the 29 states ___MASK92___ India , situated on the southeastern coast ___MASK92___ the country . The state is the eighth largest state in India covering an area ___MASK92___ . As per 2011 Census ___MASK92___ India , the state is tenth largest by population with 49 , 386 , 799 inhabitants . ___MASK46___ ( English pronunciation : ; ""; : ; literally ' The Land ___MASK92___ Tamils ' or ' Tamil Country ') is one ___MASK92___ the 29 states ___MASK92___ India . Its capital and largest city is Chennai ( formerly known as Madras ). ___MASK46___ lies in the southernmost part ___MASK92___ the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory ___MASK92___ Puducherry and the South Indian states ___MASK92___ Kerala , Karnataka , and Andhra Pradesh . It is bounded by the Eastern Ghats on the north , by the Nilgiri , the Anamalai Hills , and Kerala on the west , by the Bay ___MASK92___ Bengal in the east , by the Gulf ___MASK92___ Mannar and the Palk Strait on the southeast , and by the Indian Ocean on the south . The state shares a maritime border with the nation ___MASK92___ Sri Lanka . The Palk Strait is a strait between the ___MASK46___ state ___MASK92___ India and the Mannar district ___MASK92___ the ___MASK93___ Province ___MASK92___ the island nation ___MASK92___ Sri Lanka . It connects the Bay ___MASK92___ Bengal in the northeast with the Palk Bay in the southwest . The strait is wide . Several rivers flow into it , including the Vaigai River ___MASK92___ ___MASK46___ . The strait is named after Robert Palk , who was a governor ___MASK92___ Madras Presidency ( 1755  1763 ) during the Company Raj period . ___MASK8___ ( or ; Sinhalese :         ', Tamil :     " Ilakai "), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic ___MASK92___ ___MASK8___ ( formerly known as Ceylon ), is an island country in South Asia near south - east India . ___MASK8___ has maritime borders with India to the northwest and the Maldives to the southwest . Bengal ( bgl ; Bengali :    ,      and    ) is a region in Asia which is located in the eastern part ___MASK92___ the Indian subcontinent at the apex ___MASK92___ the Bay ___MASK92___ Bengal . Geographically , it is made up by the Ganges - Brahmaputra delta system , the largest such formation in the world ; along with mountains in its north ( bordering the Himalayan states ) and east ( bordering Northeast India and Burma ). The ___MASK17___ Metropolitan Area is the fourth ___MASK62___ populous , and the fourth largest metropolitan area in ___MASK22___ and is the 22nd ___MASK62___ populous city in Asia or the 40th ___MASK62___ populous city in the world . The CMA consists ___MASK92___ the metropolitan city ___MASK92___ ___MASK17___ ( Madras ) and its suburbs . The ___MASK17___ Metropolitan Development Authority ( CMDA ) is the nodal agency that handles town planning and development within the metro area . Since 1974 , an area encompassing 1189 km around the city has been designated as the ___MASK17___ Metropolitan Area ( CMA ) and the CMDA has been designated as the authority to plan the growth ___MASK92___ the city and the area around it . ___MASK60___ ( IPA :) is a state in south western region ___MASK92___ India . It was formed on 1 November 1956 , with the passage ___MASK92___ the States Reorganisation Act . Originally known as the State ___MASK92___ Mysore , it was renamed " ___MASK60___ " in 1973 . The capital and largest city is Bangalore ( Bengaluru ). ___MASK60___ is bordered by the Arabian Sea and the Laccadive Sea to the west , ___MASK14___ to the northwest , Maharashtra to the north , Telangana to the northeast , Andhra Pradesh to the east , Tamil Nadu to the southeast , and Kerala to the southwest . The state covers an area ___MASK92___ , or 5 . 83 percent ___MASK92___ the total geographical area ___MASK92___ India . It is the seventh largest Indian state by area . With 61 , 130 , 704 inhabitants at the 2011 census , ___MASK60___ is the eighth largest state by population , comprising 30 districts . Kannada , one ___MASK92___ the classical languages ___MASK92___ India , is the most widely spoken and official language ___MASK92___ the state . ___MASK47___ is the area encompassing the Indian states ___MASK92___ Tamil Nadu , Andhra Pradesh , Karnataka , Kerala , and Telangana as well as the union territories ___MASK92___ Andaman and Nicobar , Lakshadweep and Puducherry , occupying 19 . 31 % ___MASK92___ India ' s area . Covering the southern part ___MASK92___ the peninsular Deccan Plateau , ___MASK47___ is bounded by the Bay ___MASK92___ Bengal in the east , the Arabian Sea in the west and the Indian Ocean in the south . The geography ___MASK92___ the region is diverse with two mountain ranges - the Western and Eastern Ghats , bordering the plateau heartland . Godavari , Krishna , Kaveri , Tungabhadra and Vaigai rivers are important non - perennial sources ___MASK92___ water . Bangalore , Chennai , Hyderabad , Visakhapatnam , Vijayawada , Coimbatore and Kochi are the largest urban areas . The Bay ___MASK92___ Bengal , the largest bay in the world , forms the northeastern part ___MASK92___ the Indian Ocean . Roughly triangular , it is bordered mostly by India and Sri Lanka to the west , Bangladesh to the north , and Myanmar ( Burma ) and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands ( India ) to the east . The Coromandel Coast is the southeastern coast region ___MASK92___ the Indian Subcontinent , between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay ___MASK92___ Bengal ___MASK92___ the Indian Ocean . The coastline runs between False Divi Point in the north to Kanyakumari in the south . Its definition can also include the northwestern coast ___MASK92___ the island ___MASK92___ Sri Lanka . The Eastern Ghats or Kizhakku thodarchi malaigal or Prva Gha , ( ta :                ) ( Hindi :         ) also known as Mahendra Parvatam in the ___MASK67___ , are a discontinuous range ___MASK92___ mountains along India ' s eastern coast . The Eastern Ghats run from the ___MASK93___ Odisha through Andhra Pradesh to Tamil Nadu in the ___MASK67___ passing some parts ___MASK92___ Karnataka . They are eroded and cut through by the four major rivers ___MASK92___ peninsular India , known as the Godavari , Mahanadi , Krishna , and Kaveri . ___MASK69___ ( literally " ___MASK99___ " in Tamil ), formerly known as Pondicherry is a union territory ___MASK92___ India . It was formed out ___MASK92___ four exclaves ___MASK92___ former French India , namely Pondichéry ( Pondicherry ), Karikal ( Karaikal ), Mahé and Yanaon ( Yanam ). It is named after the largest district Pondicherry . Historically known as " Pondicherry " (" Piccri "), the territory changed its official name to " ___MASK69___ " (" Putuccri ") on 20 September 2006 . The ___MASK89___ ___MASK92___ Mannar is a large shallow bay forming part ___MASK92___ the Laccadive Sea in the Indian Ocean . It lies between the southeastern tip ___MASK92___ India and the west coast ___MASK92___ Sri Lanka , in the Coromandel Coast region . Poonamallee ( ' Punamalli ' or originally Poovirundhavalli ) is located in the ___MASK96___ ___MASK92___ Chennai . it is a town in the Poonamallee taluk ___MASK92___ the Thiruvallur district in the Indian state ___MASK92___ Tamil Nadu . Presently considered to be a suburb ___MASK92___ Chennai , it is a town with rich cultural heritage and also coping up with the fast developments ___MASK92___ the adjacent city . As ___MASK92___ 2011 , the town had a population ___MASK92___ 57 , 224 . ___MASK51___ , historically known as Keralam , is an Indian state in ___MASK47___ on the Malabar coast . It was formed on 1 November 1956 following the States Reorganisation Act by combining Malayalam - speaking regions . Spread over , it is bordered by ___MASK60___ to the north and northeast , ___MASK46___ to the east and south , and the Lakshadweep Sea to the west . With 33 , 387 , 677 inhabitants as per the 2011 Census , ___MASK51___ is the thirteenth - largest state by population and is divided into 14 districts with the capital being Thiruvananthapuram . Malayalam is the most widely spoken language and is also the official language ___MASK92___ the state .