Avadi
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Avadi (Tamil: ஆவடி) is a town and a municipality in Thiruvallur district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Avadi is an acronym for "Armoured Vehicles and Ammunition Depot of India".[citation needed] Situated about 23 km north west of Chennai, it is surrounded by major defence establishments.
Geography
Avadi is located at 13°07′N 80°06′E / 13.12°N 80.1°E.[1] It covers an area of 65 km² and has an average elevation of 17 metres (55 foot).
Military establishments
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The major military establishments having divisions in Avadi are the Indian Air Force, Indian Army, Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF), EFA-Engine Factory,Avadi[disambiguation needed], CVRDE, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Indian Navy, Central Vehicle Depot (CVD) and the Ordnance Clothing Factory (OCF).
The Indian Air Force has a Mechanical Transport Training Institute Technical (MTTI) here for training its personnel on driving and repairing vehicles and also a base repair depot for repair and maintenance of its various equipment. CVRDE undertakes major research on battle tanks and other combat vehicles. MBT Arjun, armored ambulance, Combat Improved Ajeya and Nag anti tank missile are some of the recent products from CVRDE. The Heavy Vehicles Factory produces an indigenous version of the T-72 tank known as Ajeya. HVF also produces the main battle tank Arjun. The production of T-90S Bhishma tanks started in 2006–2007.
The Tamil Nadu Police also has a division in Avadi, the TN 5 BN. Many of the police personnel are trained here.There are also more than 500 police quarters here.
History
There was a vintage World War-II airfield at Red Hills, Sholavaram. This was approachable from the junction close to the CRPF Camp, Avadi, immediately after the Military Hospital. Earlier, it also had a rail link from Avadi passing through Pattabhiram secondary station, PTMS and PTMS E-Depot. Presently this rail line extension terminates at PTMS. Sholavaram was famous for motor sport activities until 1988. Motor racing was discontinued here when the new race course began operations at Irungattukottai, near Sriperumbudur. Sholavaram was used in the infant stages of Indian motor racing by the Madras Motor Sports Club. During its heyday, the Maharaj Kumar of Gondal, Karivardhan, Vijay Mallya and others used to race here.
Karumari Amman temple is a very famous temple in Avadi. In addition to this many old generation temples are also present in and around Avadi.
Thirumullaivoyal, a locality near Avadi is famous for an ancient temple of Lord Shiva.
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 5,979 | — |
| 1961 | 13,050 | +118.3% |
| 1971 | 77,413 | +493.2% |
| 1981 | 124,701 | +61.1% |
| 1991 | 183,215 | +46.9% |
| 2001 | 230,913 | +26.0% |
As of 2001[update] India census,[2] Avadi had a population of 230,913. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. The nearby residential areas are the Vellanur Panchayat and Vellanur Village, Muthapudupettai, Defence Enclave, Veerapuram, Mittanemalli, Kovil Padaghai, Brindavan Nagar, Rajiv Nagar, Kamaraj Nagar, Gandhi Nagar, Sabhi Nagar, Shanthi Nagar, Marshal Nesamani Nagar and Poompuzhil Nagar wherein most of employees of the defence organizations live with their families. People from different ethnicities live in Avadi. And the fast developing area in Avadi , vasantham nagar,rajbai nagar on the avadi- poonamallee highway. Avadi, comprising a cluster of areas such as Thirumullaivoyal, Muthapudupet and Pattabiram, one of the largest municipalities in the State. Though the municipality has a vast area of 65 km² under its jurisdiction, nearly 25 km² comes under the defence establishments’ control.
From a municipality in 1970s, the local body has now become a Special Grade Municipality owing to rapid development of the area. It has a population of 3.2 lakh spread over 48 wards.
Avadi is considered to be among the safest places in and around Chennai where you get both the facilities of city life and the relaxed countryside life.
From 2,30,913 in 2001, the population here has grown to about five lakh in 2009.
Assembly Constituency
After de-limitation, Avadi, has now become a separate Assembly Constituency
Farmers' Market
The Market is the main grocery location in Avadi. And usually Saturday and Sunday are the busiest days. The Market provides fresh crops /vegetables/fruits with farmers selling them.
Education
Avadi has a number of Engineering Colleges including St. Peters Engineering College (near Annanur), chennai national arts and science college[annanur]S.A Engineering College(near kaduvetti), Vel Tech Engineering College and Aalim Muhammed Salegh Group of Educational Institutions.
Nazareth College of Arts & Science is located at Kovilpathagai. Degree courses like B.B.A., B.Com, B.C.A., B.Sc Comp. Sci, B.A English Lit, B.Sc. Maths, M.Sc IT are offered.
Nazareth College of Education for Women (affiliated to Tamil Nadu Teacher Education University) offers Bachelors degree in Education (B.Ed).
Other schools in Avadi include Vijayanta Model Higher Secoundry school,Kendriya Vidyalayas (H.V.F, A.F.S, O.C.F, CRPF), O.C.F. School, St Joseph's Matriculation School, St.Antony's Middle School, R.C.M Higher Secondary School, Nazareth Matriculation Higher Secondary School, I.H.M. Girls Higher Secondary School, Jaigopal Garodia Vivekananda Vidyalaya and Vijayanta Senior Secondary School.
Vijayanta Senior Secondary School was started in the year 1975, located 1.5 km from Avadi bus terminus and railway station. There was no separate school for the children of the employees working in Heavy Vehicles Factory (H.V.F). As it had become difficult for a lot of children to find admission in Kendra Vidyalayas, the HVF employees had raised the concern and staged protests to start a school that would cater to the needs of their Children's education. After a string of protests, the school was started in 1975.
One of the biggest schools (in student population) in Avadi is Nazareth Matriculation Higher Secondary School. At present, the school offers education to as many as 7200 students.
Super market
Kayal Super Market, Ponnu Super Market,D R Super Market, Roja super market, Reliance Fresh, Senthil Super Market,RMK Super Market, Kayal Super Market
Clubs
Cycle Club:
The Cycle club was founded by Bright Joel during the late 1990s. He along with his schoolmates undertook a long trip to Poondi Dam, which motivated them to form this Club.
Lions Club
Lions Club is present in Avadi. Many eminent personalities are part of this club who organise many charitable and cultural events in and across Avadi.
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