Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar or TVK Nagar or Thiru. V. Kalyaanasundaram Nagar, named after the Tamil scholar

Thiru. V. Kalyanasundaram Thiruvarur Viruttachala Kalyanasundaram (Thiruvarur Virudhachala Kalyanasundaram : 26 August 1883 – 17 September 1953), better known by his Tamil initials Thiru. Vi. Ka, was a Tamil scholar, essayist and activist. The analytical depth ...

, is a developed residential area in North

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, a metropolitan city in

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Location

The neighbouring places of Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar are : *

Peravallur Peravallur is a developed residential area, located on the north - western corner of Madras (renamed to Chennai), a metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu state, India. Out of 1018 places to be renamed by the government of Tamil Nadu, Peravallur is the ...

(0.5 km), *

Agaram Agaram is a neighbourhood of Perambur and a developed residential area in North Chennai, a metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu, India. Location Agaram is located near (Kolathur, Chennai), Peravallur and Perambur. It is well connected by train an ...

(0.8 km), *

Sembium Sembium is a Neighbourhood in Chennai, near to Perambur and a developed residential area in North Chennai, a metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu, India, located at an altitude of 9 m above mean sea level. Sembium was a municipality (Sembium-Ay ...

(1 km), *

Periyar Nagar Periyar Nagar ( ta, பெரியார் நகர்), named after the Tamil leader Periyar E. V. Ramasamy is a developed residential area in North Chennai, a metropolitan city,which is developed in short time in Tamil Nadu, India ...

(2 km), *Kolathur (Chennai), Kolathur (2 km), *

Moolakadai Moolakadai, which is pronounced as 'Moolakkadai', is a part of North Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is the gateway of North Chennai. Moolakadai Junction is the place where G.N.T. Road ( NH 5: Chennai-Kolkata Highway) and Madhavaram High Road ( ...

(2 km), *

Kodungaiyur Kodungaiyur is a residential neighbourhood in the northern part of the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It comes under Perambur Taluk of the Chennai District. Location and surroundings Kodungaiyur covers a vast area bordering Manali to th ...

(3 km), *

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 * Kodun ...

(3 km), *

Vyasarpadi Vyasarpadi is a neighbourhood of Chennai, India. It is located within Chennai district. The neighbourhood is served by station, one of the oldest stations in South India. The first train to Arcot started from this station. The old ruins still ...

(4 km), *

Madhavaram Madhavaram may refer to: Places in South India Andhra Pradesh * Madhavaram, Kukkunoor, a village in Kukkunoor Taluk, Eluru district * Madhavaram, Tadepalligudem, a village in Tadepalligudem mandal Tadepalligudem mandal is one of the 19 mand ...

(5 km), *

Madhavaram Milk Colony Madhavaram Milk Colony is a neighbourhood in north of Chennai, a metropolitan city in Chennai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Madhavaram Milk Colony is a small habitat of 5000+ population in the northern part of Chennai. Due to th ...

(5 km), *

Vinayagapuram Located in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Vinayagapuram is a northern region of Chennai city's Chennai district. Location and surroundings Vinayagapuram is a suburban residential area near Puzhal, Tamil Nadu. It is located just 1 km away fro ...

(5 km), *

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(5 km), * Purasaiwalkam (5 km), *

Vepery Vepery is a suburb in the north of Chennai, India. Abutting the transportation hub of Park Town, the neighbourhood covers a rectangular area north of the Poonamallee High Road. History Vepery is among those oldest neighbourhoods developed duri ...

(5.5 km), *

Mathur MMDA Maaththoor ( ta, மாத்தூர்) formerly known as Mathur is a residential area located north of Chennai, a metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu, India. Maaththoor is administered by the Greater Chennai Corporation and belongs to Madhav ...

(6 km), * Manali (7 km), *

Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central railway station Chennai Central (station code: MAS, short for ''Madras''), officially known as Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station, is the main railway terminus in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is the busiest railway ...

(8 km), *

Sengundram Sengundram, known in English as Red Hills, is a neighbourhood in the northwestern part of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The name was derived from the red hills (Semman Kuviyal) that was formerly present in the area. History The first railway pr ...

(Red Hills) (11 km) *

Chennai Egmore railway station Chennai Egmore, formerly known as Madras Egmore, also known as Chennai Elumbur (station code: MS), is a railway station in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Situated in the neighborhood of Egmore, it is one of the four intercity railway terminals in t ...

(9 km), *

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(10 km).

Constituency

Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar is located within the new Kolathur Constituency created after the delimitation of constituencies in 2008. Another constituency named after Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar is , Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar Constituency which is also created after the delimitation of constituencies in 2008. Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar is not represented in Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar Constituency which represents the areas of

Perambur Perambur is a neighbourhood located in the northern region of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Etymology In Tamil, ''pirambu (பிரம்பு)'' means bamboo and ''ur (ஊர்)'' means city or place. Before British rule, this place was wid ...

(part),

Ayanavaram Ayanpuram, or Ayanavaram, is a neighbourhood in Chennai, India. Konnur High Road, one of the important connecting roads in Chennai runs through Ayanavaram. Etymology The neighbourhood was originally known as Ayanpuram, with Ayan meaning Brahma ...

Otteri Otteri is a developed residential area in Central Chennai, a metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu, India. Otteri is a part of Purasawalkam, Purasaiwakkam but is too distinct to be called hence locals simply refer it as Otteri. Police station *There ...

, Pattalam,

Pulianthope Pulianthope was initially known as "Medicine Warehouse" for. Englishmen, so it was called as "Marunthukedangu" (மருந்துகிடங்கு) and now it has changed to Pulianthope. From the days of Englishmen this place was v ...

Greater Chennai Corporation Zone

Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar is also a zone in the

Greater Chennai Corporation The Greater Chennai Corporation, formerly known as the Corporation of Madras (1688-1996) and Corporation of Chennai (1996-2016), is the civic body that governs the city of Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Inaugurated on 29 September ...

. It is one of the 15 zones of the

in which, it contains wards 64 to 78. It is named as the 6th Zone of the

in Central Chennai Region.

Entertainment

Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar has a wide range of entertainment venues such as cinemas and parks nearby.

has the first shopping mall of the north Chennai Spectrum Mall. It also consists of a 5 screen Multiplex named S2 Cinemas which is controlled by theater franchise

SPI Cinemas SPI Cinemas is an Indian Multiplex (movie theater), multiplex chain originally owned by the SPI Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The company is often lauded for its premium quality and inexpensive pricing. Its theatres, primarily ...

. Other nearby theatres are Sri Brinda Theatre (

), Ganga Cinemas (Kolathur, (Chennai)), Sri Shanmuga Cinemas (

), Pandian Theatre (

), Iyyapa Theatre ( Erukkancherry). Perambur has also got Chennai's first Disco Water park named Murasoli Maran Flyover Park which is always crowded in the weekends.

Transportation

Railways

Perambur is served by three railway stations. They are

, Perambur Carriage Works and

Perambur Loco Works Perambur Loco Works is a suburban railway station in the Perambur area of the city of Chennai, in Tamil Nadu, in India. It serves the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) that is one of the largest railroad carriage and locomotive manufacturers in the ...

. Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar can be easily accessed from any of the three stations.

MTC Buses

MTC has a bus terminus in Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar. The bus terminus is located on Sundararaja Perumal Koil street ( North ) amidst Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar.

Alandur Alandur is a zone of Chennai corporation, and an urban node in Chennai district in Guindy division in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is Surrounded by Guindy in the North and East, Adambakkam in the South, Pazhavanthangal in the South-Wes ...

depots of MTC operate buses to Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar .

Sub-neighbourhoods

* Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar * Gandhi Nagar * Anbazhagan Nagar * Ramamurthy Colony * Vetri Nagar * Kennedy Square * Gopalapuram * Krishna Nagar

Roads and Streets

*Pallavan salai *SRP koil street (North) *Bashyam street

Adjacent communities

References

{{Chennai district Neighbourhoods in Chennai Cities and towns in Chennai district