List of neighbourhoods of Chennai

This is a list of areas and neighbourhoods in Chennai by region. The city is divided on the basis of composition into four major parts: North, Central, South and West. North Chennai is primarily an industrial area while some areas are residential. Central Chennai is the commercial heart of the city and the downtown area. South Chennai and West Chennai, previously predominantly residential areas are fast turning into commercial areas, hosting a large number of IT and financial companies[1] along the GST Road, OMR and NH 48. North Chennai ends with the area Red Hills, West Chennai ends with the area Tiruninravur, South Chennai ends with the area Vandalur.

## North Chennai[edit]

* ANNA NAGAR
* Red Hills
* Royapuram
* Korukkupet
* Vyasarpadi
* Perambur
* Tondiarpet
* Tiruvottiyur
* Ennore
* Minjur
* Old Washermenpet
* Madhavaram
* Manali New Town
* Naravarikuppam
* Puzhal
* Moolakadai
* Kodungaiyur
* Madhavaram Milk Colony
* Mathur MMDA
* Surapet
* Parry's Corner
* Manali
* Vallalar Nagar
* New Washermenpet
* Mannadi
* George Town
* Basin Bridge
* Park Town
* Periamet
* Pattalam
* Pulianthope
* M.K.B. Nagar
* Selavoyal
* Manjambakkam
* Ponniammanmedu
* Sembiam
* T.V.K. Nagar
* ICF Colony
* Villivakkam
* Lakshmipuram
* Kathivakkam
* Kathirvedu
* Erukanchery
* Broadway
* Jamalia, Chennai
* Kosapet
* Otteri

## West Chennai[edit]

* Porur
* manapakkam
* Aminjikarai
* Ayanavaram
* Ambattur
* Kundrathur
* Defence Colony
* Mannurpet
* Padi
* Ayappakkam
* Korattur
* Mogappair
* Arumbakkam
* Avadi
* Pudur
* Maduravoyal
* Koyambedu
* Ashok Nagar
* K.K. Nagar
* Karambakkam
* Vadapalani
* Saligramam
* Virugambakkam
* Alwarthirunagar
* Valasaravakkam
* Thirunindravur
* Pattabiram
* Thirumangalam
* Thirumullaivayal
* Thiruverkadu
* Nandambakkam
* Nerkundrum
* Nesapakkam
* Nolambur
* Ramapuram
* Mugalivakkam
* Mangadu
* M.G.R. Nagar
* M.G.R. Garden
* Alapakkam
* Poonamallee
* Mowlivakkam
* Gerugambakkam
* CMDA Colony
* Thirumazhisai
* Iyyapanthangal
* Annanur

## South and East Chennai[edit]

* Teynampet
* Thousand Lights
* Gopalapuram
* Mylapore
* Chromepet
* Egmore
* Chetpet
* Perungudi
* Sholinganallur
* Alandur
* Adambakkam
* Adyar
* Besant Nagar
* Triplicane
* T. Nagar
* Thiruvanmiyur
* Saidapet
* Guindy
* Madipakkam
* Nanganallur
* Velachery
* Taramani
* Pallikaranai
* Keelkattalai
* Kovilambakkam
* Thoraipakkam
* Neelankarai
* Injambakkam
* Hastinapuram
* Pallavaram
* Pozhichur
* Pammal
* Nagalkeni
* Tambaram
* Selaiyur
* Irumbuliyur
* Kadaperi
* Perungalathur
* Pazhavanthangal
* Peerkankaranai
* Mudichur
* Vandalur
* Kolappakkam
* Mambakkam
* Palavakkam
* Varadharajapuram
* Medavakkam
* West Mambalam
* Kottivakkam
* Pudupet

## Suburban Chennai[edit]

Suburban Chennai includes almost half of the places in the districts of Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, Ranipet and Chengalpattu. Together with the Chennai City district, they form the Chennai metropolitan area.

## Northern Suburbs of Chennai[edit]

* Gummidipoondi
* Pazhaverkadu
* Ponneri
* Athipattu
* Sholavaram
* Minjur
* Red Hills
* Ennore

## Western Suburbs of Chennai[edit]

* Tiruvallur
* Kadambathur
* Arakkonam
* Tiruttani
* Tamaraipakkam
* Sriperumbudur

## Southern-Eastern Suburbs of Chennai[edit]

* Chembarambakkam
* Singaperumalkoil
* Maraimalai nagar
* Urapakkam
* Guduvanchery

## Suburbs along ECR and OMR of Chennai[edit]

* Karapakkam
* Kanathur
* Uthandi
* Muthukadu
* Kelambakkam
* Kovalam
* Siruseri

## Satellite Towns[edit]

Although technically not belonging to the Chennai Metropolitan area, many of these satellite towns are referred to as being within Chennai.

The State government will decide on the expansion of the Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA) before the end of this fiscal, R. Vaithilingam, Minister for Housing and Urban Development, told the Assembly on 25 August 2011. In view of the fast-paced development taking place in areas beyond the present metropolitan area jurisdiction, like Sriperumbudur, Kelambakkam, Tiruvallur and Mahabalipuram, it had become necessary to review the Chennai Metropolitan Planning Area that was notified in 1973-74, he said.[2]

* Gummidipoondi (NH 5)
* Tiruvallur (NH 205)
* Sriperumpudur (NH 48)
* Mahabalipuram (ECR)
* Chengalpattu (NH 45, GST Road)

## Important Roads of Chennai[edit]

* Anna Salai (Mount Road) (NH-45)
* Poonamallee High Road (NH-48)
* Inner Ring Road (100 Feet road or Jawaharlal Nehru road) (SH-2)
* Kamarajar Salai (Marina Beach road)
* Cenotaph Road
* North Usman Road
* South Usman Road
* Bazullah Road
* Chennai Bypass Road (puzhal-perungalathur)
* Habibullah Road
* Arcot Road (SH-113)
* Mount-Poonamallee Road (SH-55)
* Nungambakkam High Road
* Outer Ring Road
* Peters Road
* Sardar Patel Road
* Smith Road
* Whites Road
* Pallavaram - Kundrathur - Poonamallee Road (SH-113A)
*   * Pallavaram - Thuraipakkam Radial Road (SH-109)
* Velachery Main Road
* Vanagaram-Ambattur-Puzhal Road
* Tambaram Mudichur road (SH-48)
* East Coast Road (SH-49)
* Rajiv Gandhi Salai (Old Mahabalipuram Road) (SH-49A)
* Chennai-Tiruvallur High Road (NH-205)
* Erukkancherry High Road (NH-5)
* Grand Southern Trunk Road (GST Road) (NH-45)
* GST Road
* Avadi–Poonamalle–Mount High road (SH-55)
* Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR)
* 200 feet Radial Road
* Poonamallee - Thiruninravur (SH-50)
* Poonamallee - Pattabiram High road (SH-206)
* Wallajah Road, Chennai
* Grand Northern Trunk Road (''GNT Road'') (NH-5)
* Thiruvotriyur High Road

## Chennai neighbourhood coordinates[edit]

Area  | Location  | Latitude  | Longitude

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Adambakkam  | South and East Chennai  | 12.988  | 80.2047
Adyar  | South and East Chennai  | 13.0012  | 80.2565
Alandur  | South and East Chennai  | 12.9975  | 80.2006
Alapakkam  | West Chennai  | 13.049  | 80.1673
Alwarthirunagar  | West Chennai  | 13.0426  | 80.184
Ambattur  | West Chennai  | 13.1143  | 80.1548
Aminjikarai  | West Chennai  | 13.0698  | 80.2245
Anna Nagar  | North Chennai  | 13.085  | 80.2101
Annanur  | West Chennai  | 13.1184  | 80.1246
Arumbakkam  | West Chennai  | 13.0724  | 80.2102
Ashok Nagar  | West Chennai  | 13.0373  | 80.2123
Avadi  | West Chennai  | 13.1067  | 80.097
Ayappakkam  | West Chennai  | 13.0925  | 80.1372
Basin Bridge  | North Chennai  | 13.1014  | 80.2704
Besant Nagar  | South and East Chennai  | 13.0003  | 80.2667
Broadway  | North Chennai  | 19.2274  | 72.9739
Central  | North Chennai  | 13.0825  | 80.2755
Chetpet  | South and East Chennai  | 13.0714  | 80.2417
Choolai  | North Chennai  | 13.0919  | 80.2642
MMDA Colony  | West Chennai  | 13.0665  | 80.2147
Defence Colony  | West Chennai  | 13.0262  | 80.2022
Egmore  | South and East Chennai  | 13.0732  | 80.2609
Ennore  | North Chennai  | 13.2146  | 80.3203
Ambattur  | North Chennai  | 13.12368  | 80.24828
George Town  | North Chennai  | 13.0969  | 80.2865
Gerugambakkam  | West Chennai  | 13.0136  | 80.1353
Gopalapuram  | South and East Chennai  | 13.0489  | 80.2586
Guindy  | South and East Chennai  | 13.0067  | 80.2206
Hastinapuram  | South and East Chennai  | 12.9387  | 80.1461
ICF Colony  | North Chennai  | 13.0981  | 80.2195
Injambakkam  | South and East Chennai  | 12.9198  | 80.2511
Irumbuliyur  | South and East Chennai  | 12.9172  | 80.1077
Iyyapanthangal  | West Chennai  | 13.0381  | 80.1354
Jamalia  | North Chennai  | 13.1048  | 80.2533
K.K. Nagar  | West Chennai  | 13.041  | 80.1994
Kadaperi  | South and East Chennai  | 12.9336  | 80.1254
Kallikuppam  | North Chennai  | 13.13097  | 80.17486
Karambakkam  | West Chennai  | 13.0376  | 80.1532
Kathirvedu  | North Chennai  | 13.1521  | 80.2001
Kathivakkam  | North Chennai  | 13.2046  | 80.31674
Keelkattalai  | South and East Chennai  | 12.9556  | 80.1869
Kodungaiyur  | North Chennai  | 13.14096  | 80.24818
Kolappakkam  | South and East Chennai  | 13.0101  | 80.1492
Kolathur  | North Chennai  | 13.124  | 80.2121
Korattur  | West Chennai  | 13.1082  | 80.1834
Korukkupet  | North Chennai  | 13.1186  | 80.278
Kosapet  | North Chennai  | 13.0922  | 80.2551
Kottivakkam  | South and East Chennai  | 12.9682  | 80.2599
Kovilambakkam  | South and East Chennai  | 12.9409  | 80.1851
Koyambedu  | West Chennai  | 13.0694  | 80.1948
Kundrathur  | West Chennai  | 12.9977  | 80.0972
Lakshmipuram  | North Chennai  | 13.1361  | 80.2005
M.G.R. Garden  | West Chennai  | 13.025  | 80.1823
M.G.R. Nagar  | West Chennai  | 13.0352  | 80.1973
M.K.B. Nagar  | North Chennai  | 13.12128  | 80.25873
Madhavaram  | North Chennai  | 13.1488  | 80.2306
Madhavaram Milk Colony  | North Chennai  | 13.1505  | 80.2419
Madipakkam  | South and East Chennai  | 12.9647  | 80.1961
Maduravoyal  | West Chennai  | 13.0656  | 80.1608
Mambakkam  | South and East Chennai  | 12.84029  | 80.15343
Manali  | North Chennai  | 13.1779  | 80.2701
Manali New Town  | North Chennai  | 13.1933  | 80.2708
manapakkam  | West Chennai  | 13.0213  | 80.1832
Mangadu  | West Chennai  | 13.04188  | 80.11501
Manjambakkam  | North Chennai  | 13.16691  |  80.22942
Mannadi  | North Chennai  | 13.0928  | 80.2893
Mathur MMDA  | North Chennai  | 13.1724  | 80.24788
Medavakkam  | South and East Chennai  | 12.9171  | 80.1923
Minjur  | North Chennai  | 13.2789  | 80.2623
Mogappair  | West Chennai  | 13.0837  | 80.175
Moolakadai  | North Chennai  | 13.1296  | 80.2416
Mowlivakkam  | West Chennai  | 13.02172  | 80.14146
Mudichur  | South and East Chennai  | 12.9102  | 80.07171
Mugalivakkam  | West Chennai  | 13.021  | 80.1614
Mylapore  | South and East Chennai  | 13.0368  | 80.2676
Nagalkeni  | South and East Chennai  | 12.9646  | 80.1359
Nandambakkam  | West Chennai  | 12.9824  | 80.0603
Nanganallur  | South and East Chennai  | 12.9807  | 80.1882
Naravarikuppam  | North Chennai  | 13.19133  | 80.18473
Neelankarai  | South and East Chennai  | 12.9492  | 80.2547
Nerkundrum  | West Chennai  | 13.0678  | 80.1859
Nesapakkam  | West Chennai  | 13.0379  | 80.192
New Washermenpet  | North Chennai  | 13.1148  | 80.2872
Nolambur  | West Chennai  | 13.0754  | 80.168
Old Washermenpet  | North Chennai  | 13.1148  | 80.2872
Oragadam  | North Chennai  | 13.129  | 80.1548
Otteri  | North Chennai  | 13.0921  | 80.251
Padi  | West Chennai  | 13.0965  | 80.1845
Palavakkam  | South and East Chennai  | 12.9617  | 80.2562
Pallavaram  | South and East Chennai  | 12.9675  | 80.1491
Pallikaranai  | South and East Chennai  | 12.9349  | 80.2137
Pammal  | South and East Chennai  | 12.9749  | 80.1328
Park Town  | North Chennai  | 13.0796  | 80.2752
Parry's Corner  | North Chennai  | 13.0896  | 80.2882
Pattabiram  | North Chennai  | 13.11688  | 80.06339
Pattalam  | North Chennai  | 13.09739  | 80.25929
Pattravakkam  | North Chennai  | 13.1103  | 80.1673
Pazhavanthangal  | South and East Chennai  | 12.98954  | 80.18629
Peerkankaranai  | South and East Chennai  | 12.9048  | 80.089
Perambur  | North Chennai  | 13.121  | 80.2326
Periamet  | North Chennai  | 13.0829  | 80.266
Perungalathur  | South and East Chennai  | 12.9048  | 80.08891
Perungudi  | South and East Chennai  | 12.9654  | 80.2461
Ponniammanmedu  | North Chennai  | 13.135  | 80.2274
Poonamallee  | West Chennai  | 13.0473  | 80.0945
Porur  | West Chennai  | 13.0382  | 80.1565
Pozhichalur  | South and East Chennai  | 12.9898  | 80.1434
Pudur  | West Chennai  | 13.1299  | 80.1603
Pulianthope  | North Chennai  | 13.0982  | 80.2683
Purasawalkam  | North Chennai  | 13.0902  | 80.2543
Puzhal  | North Chennai  | 13.1585  | 80.2037
Ramapuram  | West Chennai  | 13.0317  | 80.1817
Red Hills  | North Chennai  | 13.1865  | 80.1999
Royapuram  | North Chennai  | 13.1137  | 80.2954
Saidapet  | South and East Chennai  | 13.0213  | 80.2231
Saligramam  | West Chennai  | 13.0545  | 80.2011
Selaiyur  | South and East Chennai  | 12.9068  | 80.1425
Selavoyal  | North Chennai  | 13.14577  | 80.25571
Sembiam  | North Chennai  | 13.11528  | 80.2339
Sholinganallur  | South and East Chennai  | 12.901  | 80.2279
Sowcarpet  | North Chennai  | 13.0987  | 80.2785
Surapet  | North Chennai  | 13.1454  | 80.1838
T. Nagar  | South and East Chennai  | 13.0418  | 80.2341
T.V.K. Nagar  | North Chennai  | 13.1199  | 80.2342
Tambaram  | South and East Chennai  | 12.9249  | 80.1
Taramani  | South and East Chennai  | 12.9863  | 80.2432
Teynampet  | South and East Chennai  | 13.0405  | 80.2503
Thirumangalam  | West Chennai  | 13.0835  | 80.1945
Thirumazhisai  | West Chennai  | 13.0522  | 80.0615
Thirumullaivayal  | West Chennai  | 13.1307  | 80.1314
Thirumullaivoyal north  | North Chennai  | 13.13183  | 80.13082
Thirunindravur  | West Chennai  | 13.1181  | 80.0336
Thiruvanmiyur  | South and East Chennai  | 12.983  | 80.2594
Thiruverkadu  | West Chennai  | 13.06953  | 80.12423
Thoraipakkam  | South and East Chennai  | 12.9386  | 80.2377
Thousand Lights  | South and East Chennai  | 13.0617  | 80.2544
Tiruvottiyur  | North Chennai  | 13.1643  | 80.3001
Tondiarpet  | North Chennai  | 13.1261  | 80.288
Triplicane  | South and East Chennai  | 13.0588  | 80.2756
Vadapalani  | West Chennai  | 13.05  | 80.2121
Valasaravakkam  | West Chennai  | 13.0403  | 80.1723
Vallalar Nagar  | North Chennai  | 13.1056  | 80.2799
Vandalur  | South and East Chennai  | 12.8913  | 80.081
Varadharajapuram  | South and East Chennai  | 12.9095  | 80.0703
Velachery  | South and East Chennai  | 12.9815  | 80.218
Vepery  | North Chennai  | 13.0853  | 80.2607
Villivakkam  | North Chennai  | 13.1086  | 80.2061
Virugambakkam  | West Chennai  | 13.0532  | 80.1922
Vyasarpadi  | North Chennai  | 13.1246  | 80.2628
West Mambalam  | South and East Chennai  | 13.0383  | 80.2209
Kancheepuram  | Suburban Chennai  | 13.0827  | 80.2707
Chengalpattu  | Suburban Chennai  | 12.6819  | 79.9888
Pazhaverkadu  | Northern Suburbs of Chennai  | 13.41667  | 80.31667
Ponneri  | Northern Suburbs of Chennai  | 13.32  | 80.2
Athipattu  | Northern Suburbs of Chennai  | 13.17081  | 79.76802
Sholavaram  | Northern Suburbs of Chennai  | 13.236  | 80.1635
Minjur  | Northern Suburbs of Chennai  | 13.2989  | 80.2632
Red Hills  | Northern Suburbs of Chennai  | 13.1865  | 80.1999
Ennore  | Northern Suburbs of Chennai  | 13.2146  | 80.3203
Tiruvallur  | Western Suburbs of Chennai  | 13.2544  | 80.0088
Arakkonam  | Western Suburbs of Chennai  | 13.1236  | 80.06339
Sriperumbudur  | Western Suburbs of Chennai  | 13.1181  | 80.0336
Tamaraipakkam  | Western Suburbs of Chennai  | 13.0414  | 80.126
Irungatukottai  | Western Suburbs of Chennai  | 12.9977  | 80.0972
Kadambathur  | Western Suburbs of Chennai  | 13.09953  | 79.86187
Chembarambakkam  | Southern-Eastern Suburbs of Chennai  | 13.0114  | 80.0591
Singaperumalkoil  | Southern-Eastern Suburbs of Chennai  | 12.7593  | 80.0033
Maraimalai nagar  | Southern-Eastern Suburbs of Chennai  | 12.793  | 80.0252
Urapakkam  | Southern-Eastern Suburbs of Chennai  | 12.8674  | 80.0699
Guduvanchery  | Southern-Eastern Suburbs of Chennai  | 12.8439  | 80.0597
Karapakkam  | Suburbs along ECR and OMR of Chennai  | 12.9191  | 80.23
Kanathur  | Suburbs along ECR and OMR of Chennai  | 12.8663  | 80.2447
Muthukadu  | Suburbs along ECR and OMR of Chennai  | 12.827  | 80.2403
Kelambakkam  | Suburbs along ECR and OMR of Chennai  | 13.06042  | 80.24958
Kovalam  | Suburbs along ECR and OMR of Chennai  | 12.787  | 80.2504
Siruseri  | Suburbs along ECR and OMR of Chennai  | 12.835  | 80.22

## References[edit]

1. ^ "IT companies in Chennai".
2. ^ "Final call on Greater Chennai by fiscal year-end - southindia - Chennai - ibnlive". CNN-IBN. 26 August 2011. Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2012.

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Neighbourhoods of Chennai (city)

* Adyar
* Adambakkam
* Alapakkam
* Alandur
* Alwarpet
* Alwarthirunagar
* Ambattur
* Aminjikarai
* Anna Nagar
* Anna Nagar West
* Annanur
* Andarkuppam
* Arumbakkam
* Ashok Nagar
* Athipattu
* Avadi
* Ayanavaram
* Besant Nagar
* Chepauk
* Chembarambakkam
* Chengalpattu
* Chetput
* Choolai
* Choolaimedu
* Edayanchavadi
* Egmore
* Ennore
* Ernavoor
* Foreshore Estate
* Georgetown
* Greenways Road
* Guduvancheri
* Gummidipoondi
* Guindy
* Guindy TVK Estate
* ICF Colony
* Injambakkam
* Irumbuliyur
* Irungattukottai
* The Island
* Jawahar Nagar
* K. K. Nagar
* Kandanchavadi
* Kannammapet
* Karapakkam
* Karanodai
* Kathivakkam
* Kattankulathur
* Kavaraipettai
* Kelambakkam
* Kilambakkam
* Kilpauk
* Kanathur
* Kodambakkam
* Kodungaiyur
* Kolathur
* Komakkambedu
* Korattur
* Kosappur
* Kottivakkam
* Kotturpuram
* Kovalam
* Kovilambakkam
* Koyambedu
* Kundrathur
* Madipakkam
* Madhavaram
* Madhavaram Milk Colony
* Maduravoyal
* Mamallapuram
* Manali
* Manali New Town
* Manapakkam
* Mandavelli
* Mangadu
* Manjambakkam
* Maraimalai Nagar
* Mathur
* Medavakkam
* Meenambakkam
* Minjur
* Mogappair
* Moolakadai
* Muttukadu
* Mylapore
* Nandanam
* Nandambakkam
* Nandiambakkam
* Nanganallur
* Navalur
* Neelankarai
* Nerkundram
* Nesapakkam
* Nolambur
* Nungambakkam
* Padi
* Palavakkam
* Palavanthangal
* Pallikaranai
* Panagal Park
* Park Town
* Parry's Corner
* Pattabiram
* Pattaravakkam
* Pazhaverkadu
* Perambur
* Periapalayam
* Perumbakkam
* Perungudi
* Pondy Bazaar
* Ponneri
* Poonamallee
* Porur
* Potheri
* Pudhur
* Purasawalkam
* Puzhal
* Puzhuthivakkam
* Red Hills
* Royapettah
* Royapuram
* Sadayankuppam
* Saidapet
* Santhome
* Semmencherry
* Sholavaram
* Sholinganallur
* Shenoy Nagar
* Singaperumalkoil
* Siruseri
* Sithalapakkam
* Sriperumbudur
* Sunguvarchatram
* Surapet
* Sowcarpet
* St. Thomas Mount
* T. Nagar
* Tharamani
* Teynampet
* Thirumangalam
* Thirumazhisai
* Thirumullaivoyal
* Thiruninravur
* Thiruvanmiyur
* Thiruvidandhai
* Thiruporur
* Thuraipakkam
* Tirusulam
* Tiruverkadu
* Tiruvottiyur
* Tolgate
* Tondiarpet
* Triplicane
* Trustpuram
* Urapakkam
* Vadapalani
* Vadaperumbakkam
* Valasaravakkam
* Vallalar Nagar
* Vanagaram
* Vandalur
* Velachery
* Veppampattu
* Vichoor
* Villivakkam
* Vinayagapuram
* Virugambakkam
* Vyasarpadi
* Washermanpet
* West Mambalam

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