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Tambaram City Municipal Corporation (Tamil: தாம்பரம் மாநகராட்சி) is the civic body administering Tambaram and the other southern suburbs of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India, covering an area of 87.64 sq. km and an estimated 2021 population of 960,887. It is located in Chengalpattu district.

The decision to establish the corporation was announced on 24 August 2021, and materialised on 3 November 2021, by annexing various neighbouring local bodies south of Chennai in Chengalpattu district, such as the municipalities of Anakaputhur, Pallavaram, Pammal, Sembakkam and Tambaram, and town panchayats of Chitlapakkam, Madambakkam, Perungalathur, Peerkankaranai and Thiruneermalai. It is one of the three municipal corporations located within the Chennai Metropolitan Area, the other two being the Greater Chennai Corporation and Avadi Corporation. Tambaram is the 20th civic body to become a municipal corporation in Tamil Nadu.

Etymology
Tambaram is an ancient town referred to as Taamapuram in an inscription of the 13th century. The word was inscribed on the walls around the sanctum sanctorum at Marundeeswarar temple in Tirukachur village, near Chengalpattu.

Economy
In 2009, Tambaram taluk was trifurcated into Tambaram, Sholinganallur and Alandur taluks. Clubbing all the three taluks, a new revenue division with Tambaram as headquarters was formed.

Creation of the Municipal Corporation
The increasing population and rapid urbanisation increased the need for town planning, improved administration structure and human resource planning. These demands drove the creation of Tambaram Municipal Corporation. The announcement to establish the Tambaram Municipal Corporation was made by Minister for Municipal Administration K. N. Nehru in the state Assembly, on August 24, 2021 by merging five municipalities, five town panchayats and fifteen village panchayats.

Following a supreme court ruling to conduct rural local body elections by October 2021, the village panchayats elections for Pozhichalur, Cowl Bazaar, Tirusulam, Moovarasampattu, Kovilambakkam, Nanmangalam, Medavakkam, Vengaivasal, Perumbakkam, Sithalapakkam, Ottiyambakkam, Madurambakkam, Agaramthen, Thiruvancheri, Mudichur of the St.Thomas Mount panchayat union were held. As a result, the 15 village panchayats were excluded from the Government order issued by the State Government of Tamil Nadu on September 11, 2021.

The five municipalities— Anakaputhur, Pallavaram, Pammal, Sembakkam and Tambaram, and five town panchayats— Chitlapakkam, Madambakkam, Perungaluthur, Peerkangaranai and Tiruneermalai, were merged to form the Tambaram Municipal Corporation. After the tenure of existing village panchayats ends in 2026, the proposed village panchayats may get annexed into corporation limits, and may accordingly be converted into urban wards.

Climate
Tambaram features a tropical wet and dry climate. Tambaram lies on the thermal equator and is also coastal, which prevents extreme variation in seasonal temperature. For most of the year, the weather is hot and humid. The hottest part of the year is late May and early June, known locally as Agni Nakshatram ("fiery star") or as Kathiri Veyyil, with maximum temperatures around 38 –. The coolest part of the year is January, with minimum temperatures around 18 –. The lowest temperature recorded is 15.8 °C and highest 45 °C(30 May 2003) both being recorded at the nearby Chennai city observatory at IMD Numgambakkam.

The average annual rainfall is about 1400 mm. The city gets most of its seasonal rainfall from the north-east monsoon winds, from mid-September to mid-December. Cyclones in the Bay of Bengal sometimes hit the city. Highest annual rainfall recorded is 2,570 mm in 2005 for IMD Nungambakkam. The most prevailing winds in Tambaram is the Southwesterly between the end of May to end of September and the Northeasterly during the rest of the year.

Water Bodies
Some of the notable lakes in the City are Chitlapakkam Lake, Pallavaram Lake (locally known as Periya eri), Thiruneermalai Lake, Thirupananthal Lake, Peerkankaranai Lake, and Perungalathur Lake.

Administrative Divisions
When Tambaram City Municipal Corporation was established, it consisted of 70 wards under 5 zones.



Zone 1
When Tambaram City Municipal Corporation was established, Zone 1 comprised 14 wards. Wards numbered 1 through 8 and 10, 11, 12, 29, 30 and 31 are included in this zone. The former Pammal Municipality Office was converted to Zone 1 Office of the Tambaram City Municipal Corporation.

Zone 2
When Tambaram City Municipal Corporation was established, Zone 2 comprised 14 wards. Wards numbered 13 through 21 and 9, 24, 24, 26, 27 and 28 are included in this zone. The former Pallavaram Municipality Office was converted to Zone 2 Office of the Tambaram City Municipal Corporation.

Zone 3
When Tambaram City Municipal Corporation was established, Zone 3 comprised 14 wards. Wards numbered 22, 23, 25 and 34 through 44 are included in this zone. The former Sembakkam Municipality Office was converted to Zone 3 Office of the Tambaram City Municipal Corporation.

Zone 4
When Tambaram City Municipal Corporation was established, Zone 4 comprised 14 wards. Wards numbered 32, 33 and 49 through 61 are included in this zone. The former Tambaram Municipality Office was converted to Zone 4 Office of the Tambaram City Municipal Corporation.

Zone 5
When Tambaram City Municipal Corporation was established, Zone 5 comprised 14 wards. Wards numbered 13 through 21 and 9, 24, 24, 26, 27 and 28 are included in this zone. Zone 5 is to temporarily operate from the former Tambaram Municipal Office.

Law and order
On September 2021, the government revealed its plans of reforming the Greater Chennai City Police and setting up two new commissionerates in Tambaram and Avadi. Subsequently, Additional Director Generals of Police (ADGPs) M. Ravi was deputed as special officers to form the Commissionerates. The new Police Commissionerates in Tambaram was formally inaugurated by the Chief Minister M. K. Stalin on 1 January 2022.

The Tambaram police commissionerate will function with two police districts⁠— Tambaram and Pallikaranai, comprising 20 police stations. For ease of administration, Somangalam and Manimangalam police stations from Kancheepuram district along with Otteri, Guduvanchery, Maraimalai Nagar, Thalambur and Kelambakkam police stations from Chengalpattu district have been attached to the Tambaram Police Commissionerate.

Demographics
The 2021 population estimates project the population of Tambaram city municipal corporation at 960,887.

Rail
The inter-state railway service is provided by Southern Railway of Indian Railways. The inter-city railway service is provided by Chennai Suburban Railway operated by Indian Railways.

Inter-state
The Tambaram Railway Station is one of the four main terminals located in the Chennai Metropolitan Area. The other three terminals are Chennai Central, Chennai Egmore, Chennai Beach. Similar to Chennai Egmore Station, Tambaram Railway Station provides access to destinations primarily within Tamil Nadu; however, it also handles a few inter–state trains.

Chennai Suburban Railway
The Chennai Suburban Railway is a commuter rail system in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, operated by the Indian Railways. Every day, 160 train services are operated between Chennai Beach and Tambaram, 70 between Tambaram and Chengalpet and 16 between Tambaram and Kancheepuram.

The City is served by the South Line of Chennai Suburban Railway which runs between Chennai Beach to Chengalpattu. There are five stops within the City— Pallavaram, Chromepet, Tambaram Sanatorium, Tambaram, and Perungalathur. The South Line connects Tambaram with seven major interchange stations out of the eight in Chennai Suburban Railway Network.

The longest circular train in India runs through Tambaram, connecting the City with Chennai Beach, Egmore, Chengalpattu, Kanchipuram, Takkolam, Arakkonam Junction, Tiruvallur, Avadi, Ambattur, Vyasarpadi Jeeva, Washermanpet and Royapuram.

Notable places

 * Embassy splendid IT Park, Pallavaram.
 * Madras Institute of Technology, Chromepet, Pallavapuram. Former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was a student of this institute.
 * Madras Christian College, East Tambaram.
 * Tambaram Air Force Station, Selaiyur.
 * Ranganatha Temple, Thiruneermalai, one among the 108 Divya desams.
 * Rettai Pillayar Koil, Pammal.
 * National Institute of Siddha, Kadapperi, Tambaram.
 * Government Hospital of Thoracic Medicine, Tambaram Sanatorium, Chitlapakkam.
 * Government Hospital, Chromepet, Pallavapuram.
 * Airport Authority of India Signal Office, Iyyappa Nagar, Pammal.
 * Dhenupureeswarar Temple, Madambakkam.
 * Catholic Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, East Tambaram.
 * Sankara Eye Hospital, Pammal.
 * Sri Sankara Vidyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Pammal.
 * PKS Fish market, Nagalkeni, Pammal.
 * Holy Family Convent Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Keelkattalai, Pallavapuram.
 * Vels Institute of Science, Technology & Advanced Studies, Pallavaram, Pallavapuram.
 * Gateway office IT park, New Perungalathur.
 * Anakaputhur Jute Weavers Association, Anakaputhur is an internationally renowned place for natural fibre fabrics.
 * Velco Cinemas, Anakaputhur.
 * Ganesh Cinemas Hall, Anakaputhur.
 * Varadharaja Theatres, Chitlapakkam.
 * Vettri Theatres, Chromepet, Pallavapuram.
 * National Theatre, Tambaram.
 * Dr. Rela Institute & Medical Centre, Chromepet, Pallavapuram.
 * Royal Balaji Hospital, Chromepet, Pallavapuram.
 * Sembakkam EB children's Park, Sembakkam.
 * Sooriyamman Temple Pond and Park, Pammal.
 * Alavattamman Kovil Park, Kamarajapuram, Sembakkam.