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Template:Infobox Indian jurisdiction Ambattur (Tamil: அம்பத்தூர்) 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.

Etymology

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

Location in Context

Administration

Ambattur comes under the new Sriperumbudur 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 has 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 was divided into 52 wards. Ambattur Municipality includes Padi, Korattur, Anna Nagar Western Extension, Mogappair and Ambattur Industrial Estate areas. Now it is a part of Chennai and has 15 wards.

Ambattur shall come under Chennai Corporation from 2011 as per a government G.O.[2] 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 2001 India census,[4] Ambattur had a population of 302,492. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Ambattur has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. A total of 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

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]

Economy

The Economy of Ambattur is mainly industrial. It was well known as an Auto ancillary hub. However, recently 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[9] 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 Industries Limited, TI Cycles of India, Dunlop, 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.

IT Parks

The Ambit IT Park with iOpex Technologies and CSS Corp

Ambattur Industrial Estate has attracted a lot of IT companies due to its proximity to residential neighbourhoods 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 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, is being developed on 10 acres (40,000 m2) of land here.

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.[10]

Transport

Road

The Chennai-Tiruvallur Highway (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.[11] 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.

Rail

The Chennai Central-Arakkonam railway line passes through Ambattur and has a railway station at Ambattur. Suburban Broad Gauge EMU trains operate daily from Chennai Central and Chennai Beach to Avadi, Tiruvallur, 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. There has been a long pending request of a Passenger Reservation Centre at Ambattur.

Educational institutions

Schools

The oldest school in Ambattur is the Sri Mahaganesa Vidhyasala; Other schools are 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, G.K Shetty Vivekananda Vidyalaya junior college(founded in 1979 and celebrated silver jubilee in the year 2005, affiliated to CBSE), Hussain Memorial Mat.Hr.Sec.school, Sethu Bhaskara Matriculation Higher Secondary School (located in Pudur), Velammal Matriculation Hr. Sec. School (in Surapet), St.Joseph Matriculation HSS, Ebenezer Marcus MHSS (in Pudur), Lake View Matriculation school (in Pudur), Emmanuel Methodist MHSS (in Pudur)and Sharon Matriculation School (in Pudhur).

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 Stedeford Hospital, managed by the AMM Foundation, is a modern multi-speciality hospital serving 300,000 patients a year.

Dr. Rabindran's Health Care Center is another notable hospital located near the town centre and the Ambattur bus terminus.

Several other speciality hospitals such as Essvee Hospital, Mahalakshmi Hospital and Teja Hospital and B.M.Hospital (for orthopaedic problems) are located on the MTH road.

A full fledge diagnostic centre - Rohini Scan Center is on the Redhills road near the Shri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple, Kamalapuram colony.

Places of worship

There are many temples dedicated to various Hindu Gods in Ambattur. There are several churches and a mosque here in Ambattur.

Residential Areas In Ambattur

Most of the residential area of Ambattur are named after Hindu Gods and they are Sathyapuram, Indira Nagar Prithivipakkam, Gnanamurthy Nagar, Vijayalaksmipuram, Pudur, Banu nagar, Krishnapuram, Thiruvengada nagar, Vinayagapuram, Ramnagar, Venkateswara Nagar, Venkatapuram, etc.

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) . Sri Murugan [multiplex]near the Ambattur railway station . Kannan Theatre is near Senthil Nagar but its has been closed for more than a year. The park in Krishnapuram is used by many people and walkers for pastime and fitness respectively; this has been recently renovated.(Oct. 2009)

Resorts and hotels

There is a large and hi-fi resort near ambattur, green fields club resort, which attracts many foreigners. There is a motel to stay which was also constructed recently. And there are some famous hotels such as saravana bhavan, KFC, pizza hut, cafe coffee day,nalas aappa kadai, gokulams, a part of sri krishna sweets, perambur sri seenivasa, hotel sai sabhari bhavan, hotel pannaiyar, happy days, and hotel maduri appu. And there are some nice restaurants such as Hotel kumar's, hotel raj bhavan, arabian grills, thalappakattu, hotel arasu chettinadu, and hotel surya.

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, Birla More on Oragadam Road, Shopping Singapore and Sekar Stores(in MTH Road), B.S.V supermarket,ambattur (in canara bank)

Major Branded/Retail Showrooms

Many major electronics, mobile and textile retail chains have their branches at Ambattur. Single-brand exclusive showrooms include Panasonic, 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.

Shuttle Badminton Indoor Stadium

The Ambattur Badminton Association has constructed a spacious indoor stadium for playing shuttle badminton, located near the T.I.Cycles of India factory.[12] It is called Kamalam John Samuel Indoor Stadium (named after the mother of one of the donors, J.C.D. Prabhakaran).[13]

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. They are:

[Pl.Note: This list is not complete]

Local newsletters

South Indian Post and Town News are two newsletters in Tamil and Ambattur Talk in English, give information about the locality supported by ad revenue.

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ The Hindu dt 30-12-2009
  3. ^ "Jaya to go ahead with expansion of city limit". The Times Of India. 15 June 2011.
  4. ^ Template:GR
  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. ^ Arterial roads in Ambattur Estate to be widened soon
  10. ^ "Ambattur emerges as real estate hot spot for IT companies". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  11. ^ 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)
  12. ^ Location of stadium
  13. ^ The Hindu 2009/07/09
  14. ^ Blackbuck.org

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