Kavaraipettai is a suburb in North
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 ...
, in the
Tiruvallur district in the Indian state of
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 ...
. It is about from Chennai.
Landmarks
The prime landmarks of the town include the Velammal Bodhi Campus, Velammal Knowledge Park at Ponneri High Road, Panchetti.
Transport
Kavaraipettai is connected by road and rail networks. The
Chennai Airport
Chennai International Airport is an international airport serving the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu and its metropolitan area. It is located in Tirusulam, southwest of the city centre. Chennai International Airport is the sixth busiest airpo ...
lies to the south. The major roads connecting Chennai and Kavaraipettai is the
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 ...
–
Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
Highway Road. Kavaraipettai lies on
National Highway 5. There are suburban trains running between Kavaraipettai and . City buses run by the
Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) play an important role in transportation.
Cities and towns in Tiruvallur district
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