Ernavoor, also spelled Ernavur, is a

revenue village A Revenue Village is a small administrative region in India, a village with defined borders. One revenue village may contain many hamlets. Each revenue village is headed by a ''Village Administrative Officer'' ''(VAO)''. History The advent of the c ...

Tiruvottiyur taluk Tiruvottiyur taluk is a taluk of the city district of Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The centre of the taluk is the neighbourhood of Tiruvottiyur. The headquarters of the taluk is Tondiarpet division. Tiruvottiyur, Ennore, Kathivakk ...

of North

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. It lies in the postal area of Ennore Thermal Station, with pincode 600057. It lies between

Ennore Ennore, also spelt , is a neighbourhood in Chennai, India. Ennore is situated on a peninsula and is bounded by the Korttalaiyar River, Ennore Creek and the Bay of Bengal. The creek separates south Ennore from the north Ennore which covers majo ...

and Manali. It is part of Frist Chennai Corporation Zone, and has many industries such as ITC, Wimco etc. Ernavoor got its name from Erneeswaran (Shiva) temple in this area. Most of the people in this settlement belong to working class employed in adjacent factories like ITC, Wimco, Ashok Leyland and Ennore Thermal Power Station. There is a famous Murugan Temple and Selva Vinayagar temple in this area.

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