July 24 (Reuters) - India's Ambuja Cements Ltd, part of the world's No.1 cement producer LafargeHolcim Ltd , posted an about 12 percent increase in quarterly consolidated net profit on Monday, boosted by higher cement sales volume.

Consolidated net profit rose to 7.18 billion rupees ($111.59 million) in the quarter ended June 30 from 6.42 billion rupees a year earlier, the cement maker said in a statement. (http://bit.ly/2vAP9BK)

Consolidated cement sales volume rose 7.6 percent to 12.78 million tonnes.

($1 = 64.3400 Indian rupees) (Reporting by Krishna V Kurup; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu and Biju Dwarakanath)