Guduvancheri is a suburb located in the southern part of

Chennai city Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city A capital city or capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, Department (country subdivision), departmen ...

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...

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. It has a railway station on the Chennai Beach–Chengalpattu section of the

Chennai Suburban Railway Network The Chennai Suburban Railway is a commuter rail system in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, operated by the Southern Railways branch of Indian Railways. It is the second largest suburban rail network in terms of route length and the third ...

. It is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Chengalpattu district Chengalpattu District is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu, in India. The district headquarters is located at Chengalpattu. Chengalpattu district came into existence on 29 November 2019 when it was carved out of Kanchipuram district after ...

. It is also part of the

Vandalur taluk Vandalur taluk is a taluk in Chengalpattu district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Vandalur Vandalur is a census town and residential locality in southern part of the metropolitan city of Chenn ...

It lies in the southern part of

Chennai metropolitan area The Greater Chennai Metropolitan Area, or simply the Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA), is the third-most populous metropolitan area in India, the 22nd-most in Asia, and the 40th-most in the world. The CMA consists of the core city of Chennai, wh ...

. It has a lake known as the Guduvancheri lake and Nandivaram lake. It serves as the connecting hub between Chennai and Chengalpattu. It also lies on the major highway connecting Chennai with

Kanyakumari Kanniyakumari (; , referring to Devi Kanya Kumari), also known as Cape Comorin, is a city in Kanniyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is the southern tip of the Indian subcontinent and the southernmost city in mainland Ind ...

, the southernmost point of the state and the country.

Transportation

By Rail *Guduvancheri is served by

Guduvancheri railway station Guduvancheri railway station is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengalpattu section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of Guduvancheri, a suburb of Chennai. It is situated at a distance of ...

of Chennai suburban railway. By Bus *Guduvancheri is well connected with roads. The National Highway 45 passes through this place. Guduvancheri is served by Guduvancheri bus stand which connects Chennai by Chennai metropolitan Transport Service buses and also connects various parts of Tamil Nadu by TNSTC buses.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, Guduvancheri's population was 46,575.

References

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Avadi Guduvanchery Rail line

Guduvanchery Rail line project is urged
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Cities and towns in Chengalpattu district Suburbs of Chennai

Transportation

Demographics

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