Kovilambakkam is a southern suburb of

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. It is located in

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in the state of

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, about 26 km from Chennai city center and 12 km from

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. The neighbourhood spans the areas of Sunnambu Kolathur, Chinna Kovilambakkam and Periya Kovilambakkam.

Governance

The neighbourhood is administered by the Kovilambakkam Village Panchayat, which is under control of St. Thomas Mount Panchayat Union,

. The area and population of Kovilambakkam is so huge that it consists of two revenue villages spanning two different districts in

, namely, Kovilambakkam revenue village (which comes under

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) and Madipakkam-B revenue village (which comes under

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). Madipakkam-B is commonly referred to by the villagers by its 800-year-old name ''Sunnambu Kolathur''.

Demographics

As of 2011^{pdate/sup> India census

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, Kovilambakkam had a population of 27,374. Males constitute 13,935 of the population and females 13,439. There were 7,010 households. Kovilambakkam has an average literacy rate of 72.55%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 55.7%, and female literacy is 44.3%. In Kovilambakkam, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Geography

The neighbourhood has a lake known as the Kovilambakkam lake. It is connected with the Pallikaranai Marsh by means of a 4-km-long surplus channel to drain rainwater. The canal has a carrying capacity of 12,000 cusecs (cubic feet per second) of water. However, there are complaints of sewage being dumped into the canal by the Pallavaram Municipality.

Infrastructure

Kovilambakkam is located along the Pallavaram

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–Thoraipakkam

Thoraipakkam (Tamil: துரைப்பாக்கம்) also spelt Thuraipakkam, also known as Okkiyam Thuraipakkam or Oggiyamduraipakkam, is an area of Chennai, India. It is one of the stops on what is called as the IT expressway, on Ol ...
200-feet Radial Road. It is also one of the neighbourhoods that will be connected by the phase II network of the Chennai Metro

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currently under construction.

Schools and colleges

* Govt. Higher Secondary School
* DAV Co-ed School, Pallikaranai (located in Kovilambakkam)
* A. V. G. Vidyalaya Matriculation School
* Nethaji Vidhyalayam School
* Golden School
* Pole Star Matriculation School
* Himayam Matriculation School
* Panchayat Union Primary School
* Srujana International school (formerly Srujana Montessori School)

Areas surrounding of the locality

References

External links

WIKIMAPIA

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Village panchayats to get new roads

Village panchayats to get new roads

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