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Chennai Area Codes and Postal Codes

Tamil Nadu · India

Country calling code
+91
Local time
Asia/Kolkata
Country
India

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Chennai Time Zone

IANA time zone
Asia/Kolkata
Current UTC offset
+05:30
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Not in effect

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Latitude and Longitude

Latitude
13.08891
Longitude
80.26483
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International dialing format

  • +91 [national number]

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Local facts

Population is a source snapshot, not a live count.

Recorded population
4,646,732
Modelled terrain elevation
10 m

Names & history

Names, translations and spelling variants

Other spellings

  • Chennai
  • Chennai District

Abbreviations

  • CHE

Arabic

  • ضاحية تشيناي

Language: bn

  • চেন্নাই জেলা

Language: ca

  • Districte de Chennai

English

  • Chennai
  • Chennai district

Spanish

  • Distrito de Chennai

Finnish

  • Chennain piirikunta

French

  • District de Chennai

Language: gu

  • ચેન્નઈ જિલ્લો

Hindi

  • चेन्नई जिला

Italian

  • Distretto di Chennai

Japanese

  • チェンナイ県

Korean

  • 첸나이 구

Language: ml

  • ചെന്നൈ ജില്ല

Language: mr

  • चेन्नई जिल्हा

Language: ne

  • चेन्नई जिल्ला

Language: new

  • चेन्नई जिल्ला

Language: pnb

  • ضلع چینائ

Russian

  • Ченнаи

Language: sa

  • चेन्नैमण्डलम्

Language: ta

  • சென்னை மாவட்டம்

Chinese

  • 金奈縣