Surapet
Surapet | |
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Neighbourhood | |
Coordinates: 13°08′36.4″N 80°11′28.2″E / 13.143444°N 80.191167°E | |
Country | India |
State | Tamil Nadu |
District | Chennai district |
Languages | |
• Official | Tamil |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Vehicle registration | TN-18 |
Surapet (alias Surapattu, Surapedu) is the neighbourhood located in Chennai between Ambattur and Puzhal.
History of Surapet
This area, once a separate panchayat that comes under Puzhal Panchayat, now comes under Chennai corporation, numbered as "24th ward" and it belongs to the Madhavaram constituency.
About 200 years ago people from a village of same name Surapet near Sholavaram migrated to this village due to poverty in their home place and named the same name to this village also.
Localities in Surapet
- Annai Indira Nagar
- Bharathidasan Nagar
- Sivaprakasam Nagar
- Madhura Mettur
- Shanmugapuram
- Murugambedu
- JP Nagar
- JP Nagar Annexe
- DG Nagar
- Kalaivani Nagar
- Ezhil Nagar
- Arul Nagar
- Velammal Nagar
- Britania Nagar