Kelambakkam is a suburban and residential neighbourhood of

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. It is located in the south-eastern portion of the city along the

Old Mahabalipuram Road State Highway 49A (SH-49A) also known as Rajiv Gandhi Salai and Rajiv Gandhi IT Expressway or just IT Expressway is a major road connecting Chennai, Tamil Nadu with Mahabalipuram in Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu. It is 45 km long and ...

(OMR), and is about 5 km from

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IT park and 12 km from

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junction. It is another important junction after Sholinganalur, which connects GST road (

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) and ECR road (

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). Kelambakkam is considered as the southern gateway to Chennai city on OMR Road and comes under Zone-2 (Sholinganalur to Kelambakkam stretch) of OMR Road.

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Train project-Phase 2 is under process which connects

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with

IT park (Deadline to be operational for this Corridor-3 by 2025).

Census 2011

The total population of Kelambakkam is around 20,000 and expected to be doubled by 2021. The literacy rate of this locality is 90.88%. The sex ratio in Kelambakkam is 1,018. More families are migrating to Kelambakkam due to huge residential and commercial development, good ground water availability and easy accessibility to all parts of Chennai city with excellent road infrastructure. According to recent survey, Chennai city will have a population of 15 million people by 2030 (current population in 2019 is 11 million). Since population has already reached saturation point till Sholinganallur in OMR Road, more people (around 10 lakh people) will start migrating in Sholinganallur–Kelambakkam stretch till 2030.

Schools in Kelambakkam

* St. Francis International School * Chettinad - Sarvalokaa Education International School * Sushil Hari International Residential School * Velammal New Gen CBSE School * Little Millennium Preschool Kelambakkam * Jagannath Vidyalaya CBSE School * Billabong High International School * Buvana Krishnan Matriculation Higher Secondary School * St Mary's Matriculation Higher Secondary School * ILANTHALIR Kids Zone Preschool * KIDZEE Kelambakkam Play, Nursery School * Government Higher Secondary School * Nellai Mathematics School

Colleges nearby Kelambakkam

* IIT Madras- Scientific Discovery campus- PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone in 2021 for constructing a campus at a cost of Rs.1,000 crores (State government has given 163 acres of land in Thaiyur at 2017). * VIT University * SSN University(250 acre campus) * Hindustan University * Chettinad School of Architecture * IIITDM Kancheepuram (Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram) * Chettinad Academy of Research & Education (Deemed to be university under section 3 of the UGC Act) * Chettinad college of Nursing * Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute * Dhanapalan College of Arts & Science * SMK Fomra Institute of Technology * Anand Institute of Technology * PSB polytechnic college * Tagore Medical college and Hospital

Hospitals

*Chettinad Super Speciality Hospital (100-acre campus) *Praveena Hospital, Vandalur Road, Kelambakkam *Swaram Hospital *Supreme Hospitals *Apollo Diagnostics *Malar Diagnostics Centre (Since 2003) *Jaws and Teeth Dental Clini
www.jawsandteeth.com

Temples and Churches around Kelambakkam

*Sai Baba Temple, Kelambakkam *Poorana Brahmam Temple, Sri RamaRajya Campus, Vandalur Road, Kelambakkam *Sri Ashta Dasa Buja Durga Lakshmi Saraswathi Temple, Sri RamaRajya Campus, Vandalur Road, Kelambakkam *Sri Karpaga Vinayakar Temple, Ganeshpuri, Sri RamaRajya Campus, Kelambakkam *Veera Anjaneyar Temple, Pudupakkam *

Nithyakalyana Perumal temple Nithyakalayana Perumal temple in Thiruvidandai, a village in Chennai, Chengalpattu district of the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to Varaha, the boar avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu. Constructed in the Tamil style of architec ...

, Thiruvidanthai beach temple (one of the 108 Divyadesas of Lord Perumal) * Thiruporur Murugan Temple (built 450 years ago) * Chengammal Sivan Temple * Mareeswarar Temple (Thaiyur) * Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church
Divine Mercy Church
* Mosque (one of the biggest mosques in OMR road).

Residential development

Due to rapid development, good water availability and excellent road infrastructure with easy accessibility to all parts of Chennai, lot of apartments and villas has came up in Kelambakkam and they are below. Also, Kelambakkam has witnessed lot of family migration in past few years. Proximity to employment opportunities, good asset appreciation, good road Infrastructure, proximity to beaches at ECR and other entertainment venues continues to attract more residents to this suburb.

Transport

Kelambakkam is well connected to almost all important destinations in Chennai city like T.Nagar, CMBT, Broadway, Central Railway station, Tambaram through frequent MTC bus services. New bus depot for Kelambakkam (Thaiyur) about 10 acres land is under construction for MTC bus shelter and also for new Kelambakkam bus terminus. On an average, MTC operates more than 400 bus services from Kelambakkam to all localities of Chennai city. Also, Tamil Nadu government is constructing Biggest Bus Terminus (45 acres) at cost of Rs 410 crore in Vandalur which takes just 20 minutes to reach through Vandalur-Kelambakkam road. This bus terminus will be largest bus terminus in Asia and become operational from March 2022. Metro Train project- Phase 2 is under process which connects

with Siruseri IT park(Deadline to be operational for this Corridor-3 by 2025). Once Metro train is operational, it will be game changer for overall development in OMR road.

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{{commonscat Villages in Kanchipuram district Suburbs of Chennai