Medavakkam

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Medavakkam
மேடவாக்கம்
—  suburb  —
Medavakkam is located in Chennai
Medavakkam
Coordinates: 12°55′02″N 80°11′34″E / 12.917158°N 80.19287°E / 12.917158; 80.19287Coordinates: 12°55′02″N 80°11′34″E / 12.917158°N 80.19287°E / 12.917158; 80.19287
Country India
State TamilNadu
District Kancheepuram
Population
 • Total Approximately 22,000
Languages
 • Official
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 600100
Telephone code 044-2277
Vehicle registration TN 22 BW
Nearest city Chennai
Lok Sabha constituency South Chennai
Vidhan Sabha constituency Sholinganallur

Medavakkam is one among the southern suburbs of Chennai. It is a residential locality close to the Chennai Airport and is adjacent to the suburbs of Sholinganallur, Madipakkam, Selaiyur, Keelkattalai, Velachery and Tambaram and it is center place to the developing suburbs like Ponmar, Ottiyambakkam and Sithalapakkam. Medavakkam is administered by Village Panchayat, which comes under the Shollinganallur MLA Constituency and South Chennai MP Constituency This location seems to be a quickly developing residential spot due to its close proximity to the IT corridor OMR (approx 4 km from Sholinganallur) and SEZ in Medavakkam Sholinganallur Road. This is a residentially preferred area due to its calm and airy locality, sweet ground water and access to good educational intitutions.

Some of the areas in Medavakkam are Somu Nagar,Munusamy Nagar, Vimala Nagar, VGP Pushpa Nagar, Aishwarya Gardens, Aishwarya Garden Extn, Soumya Nagar,Jayachandran nagar,Green Court (Jalladianpet), BHEL Nagar, Sairam Nagar, Veerabadra Nagar, Senthamizh Nagar, Sivagami Nagar,Royal Garden,Iyappa nagar,Vadakkupattu. Jayachandran nagar alone constitutes a large number of apartments mainly occupied by IT professionals. The major roads linking Medavakkam junction are Velachery Tambaram Road, Medavakkam Mambakkam Main Road and Medavakkam Sholinganallur Road.

Many prime areas on GST road - Chrompet, Pallavaram, St.Thomas Mount can be easily accessed from this junction.

According to a 2012 report by global property consultant Knight Frank, the neighbourhood has emerged as India's 6th largest destination for investment in the residential real estate, in the list of 13-top residential destinations in the country from an investment point of view, where housing prices are expected to increase by 103 percent over the period 2012-2017.[1]

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Schools [edit]

Medavakkam has a number of schools catering to students from Kindergarten to Higher Secondary.

Few of them are:

  • SAHASRAS PRESCHOOL, Montessori School, Aishwarya Gardens
  • Apple kids, Jayachandran Nagar
  • Kinderstand Pre School,Jayachandran Nagar
  • Global Kids, Jayachandran Nagar
  • ABC Montessori(American Pre-school),VGP Pushpanagar
  • Christ the King School, VGP Pushpa Nagar
  • Zigma Matriculation School, Veerabadra Nagar
  • BS Matriculation School.
  • St. Joseph's Matriculation School, Medavakkam Junction
  • BVM Global at Bollineni Hillside
  • PSBB Millennium at DLF Garden City
  • Ravindra Bharathi Global School, Keelkatalai (Opp. Mahatha Petroleum)
  • Headstart at Sholinganallur
  • Bharathi Vidyalaya (Perumbakkam Road)
  • Boaz School CBSE (Tambaram Velacheri Road)
  • Zigma Matriculation School
  • Kidzee (No 1/630 A, Sowmiya Nagar, Sastha Nagar Main Road)
  • Eurokids
  • Little Millenium (No.7 & 8,11th Cross Street,Radha Nagar,Perumbakkam)
  • Nethaji Vidyalaya Mambakkam Road
  • St.John's public school (Near Isha Signature villa's Perumbakkam)
  • Vidhya Matriculation Higher Secondary School (Near Pudhu Nagar Bus Stop)
  • iPlay iLearn (Roja Street, Sabari Nagar Extension, Medavakkam) - http://www.ipilmedavakkam.com

Colleges [edit]

Medavakkam is surrounded by the following colleges:

  • Prince Shri Venkateshwara Padmavathy Engg College
  • Prince Dr. k Vasudevan college of engineering and technology
  • Quaid E Milleth College For Men
  • New Prince Sri Bhavani Arts & Science College
  • Bharani Swathi College of Physiotherapy
  • Bharani Swathi College of Arts and Science
  • Asan memorial college of arts and science

Hospitals [edit]

  • Global Health City, Perumbakkam is very close to Medavakkam Junction,
  • Kamakshi Memorial Hospital, Pallikkaranai is a nearby 24x7 multi-speciality hospital,
  • Annai Therasa Hospital - Medavakkam - Sholinganaullr Road Junction,
  • Balachandar Hospital - Mambakkam Road just opposite to Post Office,
  • Karunya Hospital - Near to Gupta Bhavan.
  • Ainthiram Siddha Hospital -opp. to Ramkay TVS

Worship Places [edit]

  • St. John's CSI Church, Medavakkam
  • Srinivasa Perumal Temple, Pillaiyar Koil Street, Medavakkam
  • Sahaya Madha Church, Medavakkam
  • Sai Baba Temple, Soumya Nagar
  • Arulmigu Sundara Vinayagar Temple,near medavakkam bus stand
  • Pillaiyar kovil, BHEL Nagar 4th main road
  • Anjaneyar Kovil, BHEL Nagar, Medavakkam main road.
  • Lord venkateswara temple
  • Lord ayyappa temple
  • Masjid-e-Mohamedia, Medavakkam

Outer Ring Road (ORR) 200 feet [edit]

There is CMDA master plan for to develop outer ring road 200feet, Medavakkam to Karapakkam (OMR) via Jalladianpet and Pallikaranai. This would help reduce traffic congestion on Medavakkam-Sholinganallur main road. Vehicles coming from Velachery and Tambaram could use ORR road or Medavakkam-Sholinganallur main road.

Connectivity [edit]

The main mode of transport and conveyance are MTC bus, Share autos, vans. The nearest railway stations are Velachery MRTS station and Tambaram Railway station and St.Thomas Mount RS placed equidistant from Medavakkam 8 km.

Share auto rates (as on 1 Jan 2012):

Medavakkam koot road to Sholinganallur - 15 Rupees
Medavakkam to Sholinganallur - 10 Rupees
Medavakkam to Velachery - 10 Rupees
Medavakkam to Tamabaram - 15 Rupees

Medavakkam is well connected by MTC bus service. Most of the buses to Tambaram Via Velachery will pass through Medavakkam Junction.

There are plans to connect Medavakkam with Velachery by CMRL

Few of the busses plying through Medavakkam are:

Route No From To Notes
5A Tambaram East T. Nagar Medavakkam Jn., Velachery
M11 Tambaram East Saidapet Medavakkam Jn., NGO colony
51D Tambaram Broadway Medavakkam Jn., Velachery
51L Tambaram East CMBT Medavakkam Jn., Velachery, Guindy
552k Keelkattalai Thiruporur via Medavakkam, Navalur, Kelambakkam
A5 T. Nagar Balaji Nagar
A51 Tambaram East Broadway Medavakkam Jn., Velachery
B51 Tamabaram East T. Nagar Medavakkam Koot Road, Madipakkam, St. Thomas Mount
C51 Tambaram West Adayar Via Medavakkam, Sholinganallur, Injambakkam
M14 Medavakkam Koot Road NGO Colony Via madipakkam koot road
M14x Madambakkam Temple Saidapet Via madipakkam koot road, Santhoshapuram, Vengaivasal
M15 Medavakkam Koot Road Mylapore Velachery
M21 Velachery Tambaram West via Medavakkam,Sembakkam
M21B Velachery Chrompet via Sembakkam,Thirumalai Nagar
M51 T.Nagar Sholinganallur via Medavakkam, Perumbakkam
M51B Saidapet Karanai via sithalapakkam, Medavakkam
M51C T.Nagar Ottiambakkam via Medavakkam, Perumbakkam
M51D Saidapet Kelambakkam via Medavakkam, Karanai
M51V T. Nagar Kolathur via Ponmar
51S Saidapet Tamabaram East via Medavakkam,NGO Colony
PP51 Tambaram High Court Medavakkam Jn., Velachery, Anna Univ
D51 Medavakkam koot road High Court Medavakkam Jn., Velachery,DMS,LIC,Central
H51 Tambaram East High Court Medavakkam Jn., Velachery,Taramani,Adayar, Mylapore
E51 Ottiambakkam High Court Medavakkam Jn., Velachery,DMS,LIC,Central
T51 Tambaram Thiruvanmiyur Medavakkam Jn., Thoraipakkam
T151 Tambaram East Kovalam Medavakkam Jn., Navalur,Kelambakkam
T151K Tambaram East Kovalam Medavakkam Jn., MGM, Muttukadu
551A Tambaram East Kelambakkam Medavakkam Jn., Sithalapakkam, Puthupakkam
517K Pallavaram Kovalam Eachangadu,Medavakkam Koot Road, Navalur,Kelambakkam
517T Pallavaram Thiruporur Eachangadu,Medavakkam Koot Road, Navalur,Kelambakkam
L51 C.M.B.T Ottiambakkam Medavakkam, Velachery, Vadapalani
V51 Tamabaram West T. Nagar Medavakkam Koot Road, Madipakkam, Velachery
1Gx Medavakkam Koot Road Thiruvotriyur Medavakkam Koot Road,Velachery,Central
21J Velachery Guduvanchery Medavakkam Koot Road,Velachery,Tambaram
500J Velachery Chengalpattu Medavakkam Koot Road,Velachery,Central
D70x Medavakkam Koot Road Ambattur Industrial estate Guindy,Velachery
219B Besant nagar Siruseri IT park Via Madya kailsh,Tidel,SRP,Velachery,Pallikaranai,Medavakkam,Sholinganallur,Navalur,Siruseri

Parks

There is an old quarry in Medavakkam Which can be Made in to a beautiful Park for the residence

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ "Ulwe in Mumbai emerges as top destination for realty investment". The Economic Times (New Delhi: The Times Group). 20 November 2012. Retrieved 21-Nov-2012. 
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