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Chennai (formerly known as Madras), the capital of Tamil Nadu is
also its principal harbour and has one of the finest beaches in Asia. It
was founded at Fort St. George in 1640 A.D. by Francis Day of the
British East India Company. The city's development started after the
British East India Company established the Fort and a couple of
Trading posts at the small fishing village called Chennai. However,
Chennai is a comparatively new city. Chennai, with its present
gateway to the South of India is about 350 years old.
Chennai is named the Detroit of South East Asia. It is the largest city
in South India and the fourth largest city in the country is located on
what is popularly called the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal.
It is the India Gateway To The South. Chennai is hub of South
India's Film Industry. Chennai emerged as an industrial city and
constitute one of the cities en the industrial belt of Bangalore-
Coimbatore-Chennai-Mudurai.
Chennai Port is an artificial harbour situated on the Coromandel Coast in Southeast India and it is the second
principal Port for handling Containers.
Table 10. Tamil Nadu Region: Facts and Figures
Area
Location
Rainfall
130,058 Square kilometres
South East of India
785.4 mm
1. Population
a) Tamil Nadu population
State/UT*
POPULATION
Persons Males Females
Population Variation
1991–2001
Sex ratio
(Females per 000 males)
Tamil Nadu 62,110,839 31,268,654 30,842,185 11.19 986
Table 11. Tamil Nadu population Source: Provisional Population Totals. Census of India 2001
b) Chennai population
Population:
Persons 4,216,268
Males 2,161,605
Females 2,054,663
Sex Ratio: 951
Number of Literates:
Persons: 3,079,004
Males: 1,670,094
Females: 1,408,910
Population (0 - 6 years):
Persons: 374,089
Males: 190,044
Females: 184,045
Table 12. Chennai population Source: Provisional Population Totals. Census of
India 2001
Industrial Base in Tamil Nadu and around Chennai
Tamil Nadu has a well-diversified industrial base. It has a lion’s share at All India level in production of
number of products. Following is an indicative of its traditional strengths:
Table 13. Industrial Base for Tamil Nadu
Small Scale Industries
32658 un its
Investment
96490 Lakh Rs.
Employment 240332
Tamil Nadu’s strength lies not only in its traditional industries but also in several new emerging industries as
shown on the following tables: -
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