Kalanji ( ta, காளாஞ்சி), is a suburb located North of

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

, a metropolitan city in

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Administration

It is a revenue village and a part of

Kattupalli Kattupalli ( ta, காட்டுபள்ளி), is a suburb located North of Chennai, a metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu, India. Location Kattupalli is located in between Ennore, Pazhaverkadu and Minjur in North of Chennai. The arterial ...

village panchayat in

Minjur block The Minjur block is a revenue block in the Thiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous count ...

. It is administered by

Ponneri taluk ponneri is a taluk of Tiruvallur district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Ponneri. Demographics According to the 2011 census, the taluk of Ponneri had a population of 385,620 with 193,043 males an ...

of Tiruvallur district.

Location

Kalanji is located in between

Ennore Ennore, also spelt , is a neighbourhood in Chennai, India. Ennore is situated on a peninsula and is bounded by the Korttalaiyar River, Ennore Creek and the Bay of Bengal. The creek separates south Ennore from the north Ennore which covers major ...

Pazhaverkadu Pulicat or Pazhaverkadu is a historic seashore town in Chennai Metropolitan Area at Thiruvallur District, of Tamil Nadu state, India. It is about north of Chennai and from Elavur, on the southern periphery of the Pulicat Lake. Pulicat lake i ...

and

Minjur Minjur is a town located in the outskirts of North Chennai, India. It is located in the Thiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Minjur is called 'Vada Kanchi' meaning North Kanchipuram. The town has two famous temples for Shiva ...

in North of Chennai. The arterial road in Kalanji is Port access road (Ennore – Pazhaverkadu road).

References

Neighbourhoods in Chennai {{Chennai-geo-stub