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Ambattur
அம்பத்தூர்
Neighbourhood
CountryIndia
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictTiruvalur district
MetroChennai
Zone7
Ward79-93
TalukasAmbattur
Government
 • BodyCMDA
Area
 • Total38.99 km2 (15.05 sq mi)
Elevation
17 m (56 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total478,134
 • Density12,000/km2 (32,000/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialTamil
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
600 053
Vehicle registrationTN-18
Railway station codeABU
Parliamentary constituencyChennai North

Ambattur is a town in the Ambattur taluk of the Thiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Ambattur is a part of Chennai Corporation. Closer to Anna Nagar, Padi and Avadi, Ambattur is a fast developing residential locality and IT hub of Chennai. It covers an area of 45 km². The neighbourhood is served by Ambattur railway station of the Chennai Suburban Railway. Ambattur has its origins in a village of the same name which can be located at present as areas opposite to Ambattur telephone exchange. Ambattur was a village with large extents of agricultural farm lands irrigated by sprawling Ambattur Lake. Ambattur started its journey from a quite village to busy city after Ambattur industrial estate was set up in the year 1964.

Etymology

This place is one of 108 Shakthi Sthals in the country. The Amman (Durga) temple here is 51st in the order and therefore this place was called "aimbaththu Oram ur' (ஐம்பத்து ஒன்றாம் ஊர்), meaning 51st place/Temple village in Tamil, which later transmuted as Ambattur. The Goddess is worshiped in the form of Vaishnavi.[citation needed]

Administration

Ambattur comes under the Chennai North parliamentary constituency. It was previously under the North Chennai parliamentary constituency and along with Villivakkam, it was the largest assembly constituency in India. The delimitation process of assembly constituencies had given Ambattur a new identity of its own. Constituency no : 8, Tamil Nadu. Once a major panchayat, Ambattur was made a township in the 1960s and a selection grade municipality from April 1975. In May 1992, it was raised to special grade municipality.[1] It was a municipality till October 2011. It had been divided into 52 wards. Ambattur Municipality included Padi, Korattur, Anna Nagar Western Extension, Mogappair and the Ambattur Industrial Estate areas.

Now it is a part of Chennai Corporation as Zone 7 and has 15 wards (Ward Nos. 79 to 93).[2]

Note: On 15 June 2011, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister of India to expand the city limits of Chennai by which the Ambattur Municipality would come under the new scheme.[3]

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±%
197145,586—    
1981115,901+154.2%
1991215,424+85.9%
2001310,967+44.4%
2011478,134+53.8%

As of the census of India 2001, Ambattur had a population of 310,967 comprising 160,282 males and 150,685 females, making the sex ratio (number of females per thousand males) of the town to 940. A total of 33,268 people were under six years of age and the child sex ratio (number of females per thousand males under six years of age) stood at 954. The town had an average literacy of 89.07%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. A total of 25,385 comprising 9.14% of the population belonged to Scheduled Castes (SC) and 747 comprising 0.27% of the population belonged to Scheduled tribes (ST). There were are total of 73,630 households in the town. As of 2001, Ambattur had a total of 102,405 main workers: 1,002 cultivators, 450 agricultural labourers, 1,448 in house hold industries and 99,505 other workers. There was a total of 6,015 marginal workers: 83 marginal cultivators, 188 marginal agricultural labourers, 432 marginal workers in household industries and 5,312 other marginal workers.[4]

During 2001-2011, Ambattur registered a population growth of 54 percent.[5]

Waterbodies

A section of the Ambattur Lake

Ambattur has two main waterbodies, namely the Ambattur Eri and the Chithu Oragadam Lake and the bigger Puzhal eri on the outskirts. The upkeep of the Ambattur Eri is plagued by problems such as dumping of garbage,[6] water mining and construction of buildings and the Chithu Oragadam (Thangal) Eri suffers due to pollution by sewage.[7] The local body generates nearly 250 tonnes of garbage daily.[8]

Ambattur has a stormwater drain network of 177.95 km, the largest of the eight zones newly added to the Corporation of Chennai in 2011.[9]

Economy

The economy of Ambattur is mainly industrial. It was well known as an auto ancillary hub. However, in the late 2000s many IT companies have come up in Ambattur.

Ambattur Industrial Estate

The Ambattur Industrial Estate, spread over an area of 1,430 acres (4.9 km²), houses about 1,800 units[10] and is the biggest small scale industrial estate in South Asia. It was commissioned in the year 1964 by the Government of Tamil Nadu. Several factors such as suitability of the soil, communication facilities, availability of raw materials, a large volume of ground water suitable for industrial and domestic purposes, and the like were responsible for seeking this place for the setting up of an industrial estate. An area of 4 km² adjoining the industrial estate was acquired by the Tamil Nadu Housing Board for housing purposes.

Companies like Britannia, TI Cycles of India, Dunlop, and TVS have their plants in Ambattur. VSNL-Tata Communication has its satellite earth station at the Ambattur–Red Hills road, known as wireless among the locals. Jaya TV, Vijay TV, Asianet and Kairali relay signals from this facility. The Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF), which manufactures military tanks, is just 5 km from this place, adding to its importance. A railway concrete sleeper manufacturing company is located near the Ambattur railway station. Textile industries such as Ambattur Clothing Limited (ACL) and Bombay Fashions have their facilities here and employ thousands of women. The units in the Industrial Estate generate a combined annual revenue of over ₹ 35,000 million.[11]

The Industrial Estate has a bus terminus. The Ambattur Estate terminus and the maintenance centre with a capacity of 100 buses were opened in 1967. However, as of 2012, the centre handles 125 buses a day, with a staff count of 1,100.[12]

IT Parks

The Ambit IT Park with CMA CGM, iOpex Technologies and CSS Corp

Ambattur Industrial Estate has attracted a lot of IT companies due to its proximity to residential neighborhoods and the lower rentals. The lease rentals of IT Parks in Ambattur are half of those in the city. Information Technology (IT) companies such as MilesTs, HCL Technologies, Dell and Tata Consultancy Services have their development centres here. Out of the 22 facilities that HCL Technologies has in Chennai, six are in Ambattur. There are also a few BPO centres such as Perot Systems. Prince Info Park, Ambit Park, India Land Properties are some of the major IT parks in Ambattur. Chennai Tech Park, a 2,400,000 sq ft (220,000 m2), state-of-the-art, futuristic IT park, on 10 acres (40,000 m2) of land is commissioned since 2009. Royal Bank of Scotland a renowned UK Bank has stated its IT operations in India Land tech park. As a remarkable mile stone, CMA CGM, world's 3rd largest liner started their documentation centre along with Regional eCommerce Team in AMBIT park.

However, the demand for commercial space in Ambattur is not as robust as Rajiv Gandhi Salai which is marketed extensively by the government. While IT and ITeS firms in Ambattur have brought in a new image to the industrial belt that has been known for its garment and auto-ancillary units, it has increased the real estate prices.[13]

Transport

Road

The Chennai-Tiruvallur High Road (CTH Road or NH205) passes through Ambattur and the Chennai-Kolkata highway is just about 7 km from the place making it a strategic location. On an average, about 40,000 passenger car units use the CTH Road.[14] The new Chennai Bypass road between Maduravoyal and Madhavaram passes through Ambattur Industrial Estate. It connects NH4 with NH5 and NH205 via Ambattur Industrial Estate.

The Ambattur bus terminus is located adjacent to the MTH Road and has MTC (city buses) connecting Ambattur with various points in Chennai city. Ambattur does not have a proper bus terminus despite being one of the biggest localities of Chennai. A lot of buses from Avadi and the outskirts of Chennai also pass through Ambattur, offering good connectivity. There are also a few buses operating to Nagercoil, Madurai and other parts of Tamil Nadu from here. Buses to the famous pilgrim center of Tirupathi can also be availed from Ambattur.

On 4 October 2013, the Tamil Nadu Highways department issued a GO extending the entire stretch of the road till Tirutani to 6 lanes at a cost of ₹ 1,680 million, by means of land acquisition from 12 villages.[15] In the first phase, the road will be widened to 100 ft (4 lanes) with center median at a cost of ₹ 980 million.[16]

Rail

The Chennai Central-Arakkonam railway line passes through Ambattur and has two railway stations in the neighourhood. Ambattur railway station serves the residential areas and Pattaravakkam railway station serves the Ambattur Industrial Estate area. Suburban Broad Gauge EMU trains operate daily from Chennai Central and Chennai Beach to Avadi, Tiruvallur, Patabiram Military Siding, Arakkonam and Tiruttani via Ambattur. By rail, Ambattur is 30 minutes from Chennai Central, 20 minutes from Perambur and 10 minutes from Villivakkam. Many fast EMU locals (suburban trains) towards Tiruvallur, Arakkonam and Tiruttani, stop at Ambattur railway station, but fast local trains towards Chennai central do not halt at Ambattur. By fast local train it takes 25 minutes from Chennai Central. There has been a long pending request of a Passenger Reservation Centre at Ambattur. The phase-2 of Chennai monorail will pass through Ambattur (proposed stations-Ambattur O.T.,Pudur).

Educational institutions

Schools

The oldest school in Ambattur is the Sri Mahaganesa Vidhyasala; Other schools are St.Joseph's Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Sir Ramaswami Mudaliar Higher Secondary School—a Govt.-aided higher secondary school, T.I Matriculation Higher Secondary School, (both run by AMM Foundation), Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Government Girls Higher Secondary School, T.V.Nagar High School, Hussain Memorial Mat.Hr.Sec.school, Sethu Bhaskara Matriculation Higher Secondary School (located in Pudur), Ebenezer Marcus Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Ebenezer Marcus International School & Junior College (CBSE), G.K Shetty Vivekananda Vidyalaya junior college(founded in 1979 and celebrated silver jubilee in the year 2005, affiliated to CBSE), Velammal Matriculation Hr. Sec. School (in Surapet), Lake View Matriculation school (in Pudur), Emmanuel Methodist MHSS (in Pudur), Divine Matriculation School and Sharon Matriculation School (in Pudur), Aacini Matriculation Higher Secondary School. Sree Saraswathi Matric school.

Colleges

Velammal Engineering College is located about 5 km from Ambattur at Surapet on the Ambattur-Red Hills road. Annai Violet College of Arts and Science at Menambedu, Soka Ikeda College of Arts and Science for Women at Madhanankuppam, Benson College of Hotel Management and Culinary Arts at Ambattur are some of the other colleges in Ambattur.

LIC Zonal Training Centre

Ambattur also houses the Chennai Zonal Training Center of Life Insurance Corporation of India; it is located near Prithivipakkam.

Hospitals

Sir Ivan Stedford Hospital, Dr.Rabindran's Health Care Centre Pvt. Ltd., Essvee Hospital, Teja hospital, BM hospital, Ezhil Hospital & Physiotherapy clinic, Prithivipakkam. vijay poly clinic SUN POLYCLINIC, next to s.b.i. Raghavendra hospital, North Park Street

Sir Ivan Stedeford Hospital is a modern Multi-Speciality Hospital in Ambattur, Chennai, India. The Hospital is named after Sir Ivan Stedeford, the British Industrialist and Philanthropist. The Hospital was inaugurated on 25th February 1966, and then managed by the AMM Foundation. It is situated 3 km from the Ambattur Rail-Bridge on the Ambattur–Avadi road, about a kilometer from the Ambattur—Red Hills Road intersection.

Places of Worship

There are many temples dedicated to various Gods in Ambattur. Then Thiruppathi at Lenin Nagar, Ayyapan Temple (Kallikuppan),Sri Devi Thandu Tulukaanathu Amman Temple (5 Alamaram)(Venkatapuram), Gangai Amman Temple (Cholapuram), Selva Vinayagar Temple (Sathyapuram), Sakthi Vinayar Temple (T.V.Nagar), Muthu Marriyamman Temple (Ambattur O.T), Raghavendra Shrine (Venkatapuram), Sai Baba Temple (in Pudur Main Road),then palani andavar temple (vinayagapuram).

For Christians, there are Churches such as St.Joseph Church - Ambattur & St, Antony's Church - T.G Anna Nagar (Roman Catholic) and Christ Church (CSI).

Residential Areas In Ambattur

The Residential areas of Ambattur are mainly divided by Railway line running east to west. Residential areas round the railways station and south of railway line and about are relatively older residential areas. Residential areas ending with word 'puram' can be considered as older areas of Ambattur town.
Residential areas North of Railway line
Venkatapuram, Vijayalaksmipuram, Vinayagapuram, Kallikuppam, Ramnagar, Menambedu, Karukku, Prithivipakkam, Gnanamurthy Nagar, Vijayalaksmipuram, Pudur, Krishnapuram, Thiruvengada Nagar, Nehru Nagar, Sathyapuram, Cholapuram, Oragadam, Venkaeshwara nagar, Banu Nagar, Lenin nagar, Abiramipuram, Thirumalai priya nagar.
Residential areas South of Railway line
Varadharajapuram, Ramapuram, Teachers Colony,Mahakavi Bharathiyar Nagar(MKB Nagar), Sivanandha Nagar, Annai Sathya Nagar, ICF Colony, Ambattur old village areas (near Ambattur telephone exachange) like Ambattur village street, Athipet, Managalapuram, Pattarivakkam
Residential Areas Near IT Parks

BBCL Navarathina Apartments (Few min away from Dunlop Factory and Ambattur Lake). Navarathina is an IGBC [3] certified green building - First of its kind in Ambattur.
VGN Shanti Nagar ( few min away from Ambit, India Land IT Park)

Library

The Branch Library, as it is now called, was opened in May 1971 by the then Minister of Education and Local Administration V. R. Nedunchezhiyan; it was earlier known as Murugappa Library, as the building it is housed in belongs to the A.M.M. Charities Trust. The library is situated near P.K. Govt. Girls Hr.Sec.School.where they provide books to all members.

Recreational Centres

Rakki Cinemas (multiplex Complex) near Ambattur O.T., Sri Murugan [multiplex]near the Ambattur railway station. Kannan Theatre near senthil nagar was closed and being converted to Dolphin Sports Academy. The park in Krishnapuram is used by many people and walkers for pastime and fitness respectively; this has been recently renovated.(Oct. 2009). Also a park has been inaugurated in Thiruvengada nagar on 11th October 2013, which is used by many people. Thangal lake park near anjalamaram.

Departmental Stores

Ambattur has a few notable Departmental Stores. They are: Nilgiris Departmental Store on Redhills Road(Opp. to Naidu Hall), Ponnu Super Market on Redhills Road, Farm Bazaar and Rajan Super Market in North Park Street, Golden Fancy & Super Market, Reliance Fresh in North Park Street, Shopping Singapore and Sekar Stores(in MTH Road), B.S.V supermarket,(near Canara Bank), Raja Stores Super Market at Pudur, Palani stores, Abirami super market at banunagar.

Major Branded/Retail Showrooms

Many major electronics, mobile and textile retail chains have their branches at Ambattur. Single-brand exclusive showrooms include Sathya Electronics in Ambattur O.T (Opp to Stedford Hospital), Sony India, Samsung (near Ambattur Estate bus terminus), Adidas (Redhills Road) Watch Square and Titan Eye+. Popular multi-branded showrooms include Viveks(near Ambattur Estate Bus Terminus), Next, Univercell, Sangeetha Mobiles, Poorvika Mobiles, Challenger Computers, Modern Computers, JFA Furnitures, Naidu Hall, Vision Express, Purple Optics, Reliance digitals, Reliance trends, Maxx and Mode.

Restaurants

Chickpunch, Happy days, Zameendhar kitchen, Pannayar hotel, Hotel sooriya, Sangamam chettinadu multicusine restaurant, Arabian grills and kebabs,Balaji bahavan, Katti karumbu, near ambattur O.T. Madurai appu,Thakqua, Mr&Mr idli near pudur,sri annapoorani-surapet opp vallamal engg.college<ambattur-puzhal road><surapet>.

Shuttle Badminton Indoor Stadium

The Ambattur Badminton Association has constructed a spacious indoor stadium for playing shuttle badminton, located near the TI Cycles of India factory.[17] It is called Kamalam John Samuel Indoor Stadium (named after the mother of one of the donors, J.C.D. Prabhakaran).[18]

Entertainment & Clubs

Toegeo Gaming Lounge in Pudur.

Bird life in Ambattur

Quite a variety of birds reside and frequent the places in and around Ambattur. Woodland birds, water birds and many more visit here.[19] They are:

[Note: This list is not complete]

Local newsletters

My Vyapar is the premium newsletter in bi-lingual both in English and Tamil and South Indian Post, Town News, Seithi Mazhai, The Neighbour City and Kutty News are the newsletters in Tamil and Ambattur Talk in English, give information about the locality supported by ad revenue.

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ [2] OneIndia
  3. ^ "Jaya to go ahead with expansion of city limit". The Times Of India. 15 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Primary census abstract 2001". Directorate of Census Operations  – Tamil Nadu. 2001. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
  5. ^ Kalyanaraman, M. (25 October 2011). "Migration Spurs Suburban Sprawl". The Times of India epaper. Chennai: The Times Group. Retrieved 25-Oct-2011. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |newspaper= (help)
  6. ^ Chennai Online
  7. ^ The Hindu
  8. ^ Garbage burning sets off problems for Ambattur
  9. ^ "Rs. 3000-crore stormwater project for new zones". The Hindu. Chennai: The Hindu. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 5-Sep-2012. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  10. ^ Arterial roads in Ambattur Estate to be widened soon
  11. ^ Raja Simhan, T. E. (9 January 2013). "IT parks in Ambattur Estate wallow with space abegging". Business Line. Chennai: The Hindu. Retrieved 10-Jan-2013. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  12. ^ "Ambattur Estate". Dinamalar. Chennai: Dinamalar. 10 September 2012. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  13. ^ "Ambattur emerges as real estate hot spot for IT companies". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  14. ^ Lakshmi, K. (14 June 2010). "Suburbs developing, amenities lagging behind". The Hindu. Chennai: The Hindu. Retrieved 27-Oct-2011. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |newspaper= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ "Chennai to Tirupati 6-lane highway soon". The Deccan Chronicle. Chennai: The Deccan Chronicle. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 27-Oct-2013. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  16. ^ "Encroachments along CTH Road removed". The Hindu. Chennai: The Hindu. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 27-Oct-2013. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  17. ^ Location of stadium
  18. ^ The Hindu 2009/07/09
  19. ^ Blackbuck.org

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