This is a list of areas and neighbourhoods in Chennai by region. The city is divided on the basis of composition into four major parts: North, Central, South and West. North Chennai is primarily an industrial area while some areas are residential. Central Chennai is the commercial heart of the city and the downtown area. South Chennai and West Chennai, previously predominantly residential areas are fast turning into commercial areas, hosting a large number of IT and financial companies along the GST Road, OMR and NH 48. North Chennai ends with the area Red Hills, West Chennai ends with the area Tiruninravur, South Chennai ends with the area Vandalur.

North Chennai

* Red Hills * Royapuram * Korukkupet * Vyasarpadi * Perambur * Tondiarpet * Tiruvottiyur * Ennore *

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 ...

Old Washermenpet Vannarapettai (English: Washermenpet) is a northern neighbourhood of Chennai, India. It is also known as Pazhaya Vannarapettai (English: Old Washermenpet), sometimes shortened as Vannai. It is located north of Parrys Corner and adjacent to Roy ...

* Madhavaram * Manali New Town * Naravarikuppam * Sowcarpet * Puzhal * Moolakadai *

Central Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...

* Kodungaiyur * Madhavaram Milk Colony * Mathur MMDA * Kolathur *

Surapet {{Infobox settlement , name = SURAPET , native_name_lang = தமிழ் , other_name = , nickname = , settlement_type = Neighbourhood , image_skyline = Chen ...

Parry's Corner George Town is a neighbourhood in Chennai (formerly Madras), Tamil Nadu, India. It is near the Fort Saint George, Chennai. It is also known as Muthialpet and Parry's corner. It is an historical area of Chennai city from where its expansion beg ...

Manali Manali may refer to: Places in India * Manali, Himachal Pradesh, * Manali, Chennai, a locality of Chennai * Manali New Town, a locality of Chennai * Manali, Gummidipoondi, a village in Tamil Nadu * Manali River, a river in Kerala People * ...

* Vallalar Nagar * New Washermenpet * Mannadi * George Town * Basin Bridge * Park Town * Periamet * Pattalam * Pulianthope * M.K.B. Nagar * Selavoyal *

Manjambakkam Manjambakkam is a developing residential area in North Chennai, a metropolitan city in 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 sec ...

Ponniammanmedu Ponniammanmedu is a developing residential area in North Chennai, a metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu, India. Educational institution School * Everwin School * Don Bosco Nursery and Primary School. * Narayana School Sub-Neighborhoods * Ko ...

* Sembiam * T.V.K. Nagar *

ICF Colony ICF Colony is a locality in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, where the Integral Coach Factory, (ICF) is located. The area also consists of a bus depot and the ICF Hospital. The locality has an MTC bus depot connecting the locality to areas such as ...

* Lakshmipuram * Kathivakkam *

Kathirvedu Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Tamil Nadu, the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and territories of India, Indian state. The largest city ...

* Erukanchery * Broadway * Jamalia, Chennai * Kosapet * Otteri

West Chennai

* Porur * manapakkam * Anna Nagar * Aminjikarai * Ayanavaram * Ambattur * Kundrathur *

Defence Colony Defence Colony is a neighbourhood in Delhi. It was built in the 1960s for veterans of the Indian Armed Forces. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the South East Delhi district of Delhi. It is popular for being centrally located to a ...

* Mannurpet * Padi * Ayappakkam * Korattur * Mogappair * Arumbakkam * Avadi * Pudur * Maduravoyal * Koyambedu * Ashok Nagar *

K.K. Nagar K.K. Nagar (shortened from Kalaignar Karunanidhi Nagar) is a neighbourhood located in the southern part of Chennai, India. This is situated west of Ashok Nagar and the Chennai Airport is around 10 km southwest of this place. K.K. Nagar ...

Karambakkam Karambakkam is a census town in Chennai 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, te ...

* Vadapalani * Saligramam * Virugambakkam *

Alwarthirunagar Alwarthirunagar is an urban locality in Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu, India. Alwarthirunagar Pin code is 600087 and postal head office is Valasaravakkam. It falls under Valasaravakkam municipality, in Maduravoyal (State Assembly C ...

* Valasaravakkam * Thirunindravur *

Pattabiram Pattabiram (), which is pronounced as 'Pattaabhiraam', is a locality in Avadi and neighbourhood situated on the western part of Chennai (formerly known as Madras), Tamil Nadu, in India. The suburb, which falls under Avadi Municipal Corporati ...

* Thirumangalam * Thirumullaivayal *

Thiruverkadu Thiruverkadu (; literally 'a forest of holy herbs and roots') is a Western suburb of Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It comes under Thiruvallur district administration. It is famous for its Devi Karumariamman Temple. There is also Vedapureeswarar Templ ...

* Nandambakkam * Nerkundrum * Nesapakkam *

Nolambur Nolambur is the neighbourhood in the western part of Chennai. It is near to the Poonamallee High Road near Maduravoyal, Mogappair West, Ambattur, Ayanambakkam, and Athipet. Road access from the north is from Mogappair and Ambattur Industrial ...

Ramapuram Ramapuram ("City of Rama") may refer to several places in India: Andhra Pradesh * Ramapuram mandal, Annamayya district ** Ramapuram, Annamayya district, a village in the mandal * Ramapuram, Kanaganapalli, Anantapur district, a village * Ramapur ...

* Mugalivakkam * Mangadu * M.G.R. Nagar * M.G.R. Garden * Alapakkam * Poonamallee * Mowlivakkam * Gerugambakkam * CMDA Colony * Thirumazhisai * Iyyapanthangal * Annanur

South and East Chennai

* Teynampet * Thousand Lights * Gopalapuram * Mylapore * Chromepet * Egmore *

Chetpet Chetput is a major town and a municipality in Tiruvannamalai district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Chetput's major economical activity is processing paddy and the town is home to one of the largest organised paddy exchange market of the s ...

* Perungudi * Sholinganallur * Alandur * Adambakkam * Adyar *

Besant Nagar Besant Nagar is an upscale, exclusive residential neighbourhood in South Chennai, India. It is located along the coast of Bay of Bengal. The neighbourhood is inhabited by highly affluent population and is dotted with many upmarket restaurant ...

* Triplicane * T. Nagar * Thiruvanmiyur * Saidapet * Guindy *

Madipakkam Madipakkam is residential locality situated in south of Chennai, India. It has been recently placed under the Greater Chennai Corporation. Demographics India census, Madipakkam had a population of 14,940. Males constitute 51% of the popula ...

Nanganallur Nanganallur or Nangainallur is one of the southern neighbourhoods of Chennai, India. Since September 2011, it has become a part of Chennai Corporation. It is a residential area close to the Chennai International Airport. In Tamil language, Tami ...

Velachery Velachery (''pronounced as'' veh·luh·cheh·ree) is a commercial and residential area in south Chennai, and is the largest commercial centre in south Chennai. It is surrounded by Guindy in the north, IIT Madras in the north-east, Taramani in ...

* Taramani * Pallikaranai *

Keelkattalai Keelkattalai (also written as Kilkattalai or Keezhkattalai) is a suburb in the south of Chennai, Tamil Nadu under the Tambaram Municipal Corporation. Statistics Census of India, Keelkattalai had a population of 27,981. History The name ...

Kovilambakkam Kovilambakkam is a southern suburb of Chennai, India. It is located in Chengalpattu district in the state of Tamil Nadu, about 26 km from Chennai city center and 12 km from Tambaram. The neighbourhood spans the areas of Sunnambu Kolath ...

* Thoraipakkam * Neelankarai * Injambakkam *

Hastinapuram Hastinapuram is a neighbourhood of Hyderabad. It is located towards Nagarjuna Sagar highway road. Its neighbouring areas are B.N. Reddy Nagar, Vanasthali Puram and LB Nagar. Also NGO colony, Christian colony. The area is divided into four par ...

Pallavaram Pallavaram (originally Pallava Puram) is a residential neighborhood of Chennai, India. Pallavaram was a part of Alandur until August 2015 and since then a new taluk with headquarters at Pallavaram was created. The town is known for its canto ...

* Pozhichur * Pammal * Nagalkeni * Tambaram * Selaiyur * Irumbuliyur *

Kadaperi Kadaperi is a neighbourhood in Chennai, India next to Tambaram. With a population of around 2000 people, Kadaperi is close to the Madras Export Processing Zone, which is the first Special Economic Zone in Chennai. ''Pachai Malai'' grasslan ...

* Perungalathur *

Pazhavanthangal Pazhavanthangal (also called Palavanthangal) is a southern neighbourhood of Chennai, India. It is served by the Pazhavanthangal railway station of the Beach-Tambaram suburban railway route in Chennai. It is one of the neighborhoods that is ve ...

* Peerkankaranai * Mudichur * Vandalur * Kolappakkam * Mambakkam * Palavakkam *

Varadharajapuram Varadharajapuram is a small southern suburb of Chennai, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Varadhrajapuram lies between Mudichur and Mannivakkam, 6.5 kilometers from Tambaram. It is located along Sripermpudur State Highway. Varadharajapuram pan ...

* Medavakkam * West Mambalam *

Kottivakkam Kottivakam is a locality in the south of Chennai in Chennai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Kottivakkam is included with the Chennai Corporation. Demographics India census, Kottivakkam had a population of 20,217. Males constitute ...

* Pudupet

Suburban Chennai

Suburban Chennai includes almost half of the places in the districts of Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, Ranipet and Chengalpattu. Together with the Chennai City district, they form the Chennai metropolitan area.

Northern Suburbs of Chennai

Gummidipoondi Gummidipoondi is an industrial town in Chennai Metropolitan Region of Thiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Notably, it is the northernmost assembly constituency and settlement in the state of Tamil Nadu. Demographics Ind ...

* Pazhaverkadu * Ponneri * Athipattu *

Sholavaram Cholavaram, also spelled Sholavaram, is a suburb north of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is popular as Sholavaram and is also known for the Cholavaram lake. Adjoining the lake, there was an defunct Air Force Airfield which was used as a moto ...

* Red Hills * Ennore

Western Suburbs of Chennai

* Tiruvallur * Kadambathur * Arakkonam * Tiruttani *

Tamaraipakkam Thamaraipakkam is a village in Arcot Taluk of Ranipet district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. References Villages in Tiruvallur district {{TamilNadu-geo-stub ...

Sriperumbudur Sriperumbudur is a town panchayat in the Kanchipuram district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located 40 kilometers southwest of the capital city of Chennai on the National Highway 4 (India)(old numbering), National Highway 4 and i ...

Southern-Eastern Suburbs of Chennai

* Chembarambakkam *

Singaperumalkoil Singaperumal Koil is a census town located between Chengalpattu and Maraimalai Nagar in Chengalpattu district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. A famous temple to Narasimha, the Padalathri Narasimhar Temple is situated in Singaperumal Koil. It ...

* Maraimalai nagar * Urapakkam * Guduvanchery

Suburbs along ECR and OMR of Chennai

* Karapakkam * Kanathur * Uthandi * Muthukadu * Kelambakkam * Kovalam * Siruseri

Satellite Towns

Although technically not belonging to the Chennai Metropolitan area, many of these satellite towns are referred to as being within Chennai. The State government will decide on the expansion of the Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA) before the end of this fiscal, R. Vaithilingam, Minister for Housing and Urban Development, told the Assembly on 25 August 2011. In view of the fast-paced development taking place in areas beyond the present metropolitan area jurisdiction, like

, Kelambakkam, Tiruvallur and Mahabalipuram, it had become necessary to review the Chennai Metropolitan Planning Area that was notified in 1973-74, he said. *

(NH 5) * Tiruvallur (NH 205) *

Sriperumpudur Sriperumbudur is a town panchayat in the Kanchipuram district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located 40 kilometers southwest of the capital city of Chennai on the National Highway 4 and is just outside the Chennai Metropolitan Are ...

(NH 48) * Mahabalipuram (ECR) * Chengalpattu (NH 45, GST Road)

Important Roads of Chennai

* Anna Salai (Mount Road) (NH-45) * Poonamallee High Road (NH-48) * Inner Ring Road (100 Feet road or Jawaharlal Nehru road) (SH-2) *

Kamaraj Salai Kumaraswami Kamaraj (15 July 1903 – 2 October 1975, hinduonnet.com. 15–28 September 2001), popularly known as Kamarajar was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as the Chief Minister of Madras State (Tamil Nadu) ...

(Marina Beach road) *

Cenotaph Road Cenotaph Road is a famous road in Teynampet in Chennai. This road connects Mount Road to Turn Bulls Signal. The road has an important branch of ICICI Bank. TPL House (which houses Tamil Nadu Petroproducts Limited), Sasken Communication Technolog ...

North Usman Road North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is ...

South Usman Road South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz' ...

* Bazullah Road *

Chennai byepass road 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 o ...

(''puzhal-perungalathur'') * Habibullah Road * Arcot Road (SH-113) * Mount-Poonamallee Road (SH-55) * Nungambakkam High Road * Outer Ring Road * Peters Road * Sardar Patel Road * Smith Road * Whites Road * Pallavaram - Kundrathur - Poonamallee Road *

Kundrathur to porur road Kundrathur is a south western suburb of the city of Chennai, India and it comes under Kanchipuram District limits. It is the birthplace of Sekkizhar, a well-known poet-saint who authored the Periyapuranam. The locality is known for the K ...

* Pallavaram - Thuraipakkam Radial Road * Velachery Main Road * Vanagaram-Ambattur-Puzhal Road *

Tambaram Mudichur road Tambaram is a southern suburb of Chennai, India. Located in the Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu, it is governed by Tambaram City Municipal Corporation and is a part of the Chennai Metropolitan Area. Etymology Tambaram is an ancient to ...

(SH-48) * East Coast Road (SH-49) * Rajiv Gandhi Salai (Old Mahabalipuram Road) (SH-49A) * Chennai-Tiruvallur High Road (NH-205) *

Erukkancherry High Road Erukkanchery or Erukkancheri ( ta, எருக்கஞ்சேரி), is a neighbourhood and a developed residential area in North Chennai, a metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu, India. The Grand Northern Trunk Road passes through the neighb ...

(NH-5) *

Grand Southern Trunk Road (GST Road) Grand Southern Trunk Road or National Highway 45 is an arterial road in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is also known as Chennai–Trichy-Dindigul-Theni Highway. The road starts from Kathipara Junction in St Thomas Mount, Chennai towards Tr ...

(NH-45) * GST Road * Avadi- Poonamalle- St. Thomas mount High road (SH-55) * Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR) * 200 feet Radial Road *

Poonamallee - Thiruninravur Poonamallee is suburb of Chennai, India under the Chennai Metropolitan Area. It was historically called ''Pushpagirimangalam'', later renamed in Tamil as ''Poovirundhavalli'' (), and now colloquially called as ''Poondhamalli''. It is a town ...

(SH-50) *

Poonamallee - Pattabiram High road Poonamallee is suburb of Chennai, India under the Chennai Metropolitan Area. It was historically called ''Pushpagirimangalam'', later renamed in Tamil as ''Poovirundhavalli'' (), and now colloquially called as ''Poondhamalli''. It is a town in ...

(SH-206) * Wallajah Road, Chennai *

Grand Northern Trunk Road (''GNT Road'') National Highway 16 (NH 16) is a major National Highway in India that runs along east coast of West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu. It was previously known as National Highway 5. The northern terminal starts at Dankuni Nat ...

(NH-5)

Chennai neighbourhood coordinates

References

{{Neighbourhoods of Chennai *

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