Keelkattalai
Keelkattalai | |
|---|---|
Locality in Chennai | |
  Keelkattalai  Keelkattalai  Keelkattalai | |
| Coordinates: 12°57′54″N 80°11′46″E / 12.96487°N 80.19611°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| Metro | Chennai |
| Government | |
| • Body | Pallavaram Municipality |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 600117 |
| Planning agency | CMDA |
Keelkattalai (also written as Kilkattalai or Keezhkattalai) is a suburb in the south of Chennai, Tamil Nadu under the Pallavaram municipality. It is a residential locality catering to the needs of the middle income groups.
Statistics
As of 2011[update] Census of India,[1] Keelkattalai had a population of 27,981.
| Year | Population | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 [2] | 17,440 | 9,243 | 8,197 |
| 2011 [3] | 27,981 | 14,027 | 13,954 |
History
The name Keelkattalai is derived from the word கீழ் from கிழக்கு (east) and கட்டளை (village) and translates to "The village to the east", with respect to Pallavaram, a Pallava era settlement. Initially, Keelkattalai was incorporated as a village panchayat and on 17th January 1970, it was merged with the Zamin Pallavaram Town Panchayat, Issa Pallavaram Town Panchayat, Hasthinapuram Town Panchayat and Nemilichery Panchayat to form the Pallavaram Municipality [4]
Connectivity
Keelkattalai enjoys a well connected road network to major hubs in the city through two arterial roads connecting namely the Medavakkam Main Road and Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam Radial Road (SH 109). The area is served well by buses serviced by the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) to major locations inside the city. Despite having no railway connectivity, Keelkattalai is easily accessible from Pallavaram (Chennai Suburban Railway), St Thomas Mount (Chennai Suburban Railway) and Velachery (MRTS,Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System)
Bus Routes [5]
This list includes buses originating from Kilkattalai and the ones passing through Kilkattalai bus terminus.
| Route | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| V51 | T.Nagar | Tambaram (via Velachery) |
| M14 | NGO Colony | Medavakkam Jn (Koot Rd) |
| B51 | T.Nagar | Tambaram East (via Adambakkam) |
| (M)18C | Keelkattalai | T.Nagar (via Nanganallur) |
| 52K | Keelkattalai | High Court |
| 552K | Keelkattalai | Thiruporur (via Sholinganallur) |
| M1 | Keelkattalai | Thiruvanmiyur (via Velachery) |
| (M)45E | Keelkattalai | Anna Square (via Velachery) |
| M45 | Keelkattalai | T.Nagar (via Velachery) |
| 18D | Keelkattalai | Broadway (via Adambakkam) |
| 79K | Keelkattalai | Oragadam (via Tambaram) |
| M70K | Keelkattalai | CMBT (via Vadapalani) |
| M1P | Keelkattalai | Polichalur (via Pallavaram) |
| 76 | Medavakkam Jn (Koot Rd) | CMBT |
| 21L | Keelkattalai | Broadway (via Velachery) |
| M45K | Keelkattalai | Pallavaram Gate |
| M11 | Saidapet | Tambaram East (via Adambakkam) |
| V579 | Velachery | Padappai (via Tambaram) |
| 66K | Keelkattalai | Poonamallee (via Pallavaram) |
| M51S | Sunnambu Kolathur | T.Nagar (via Adambakkam) |
| S12 | Keelkattalai | Velachery |
| S19 | Keelkattalai | Hasthinapuram |
| S11 | Keelkattalai | Guindy Asarkana |
Food, Shopping and Recreation
Food
KFC, Domino's Pizza, Aasife Biryani, Subway, Alreef, Raintree, Adyar Ananda Bhavan, Sri Krishna Sweets
Shopping
Reliance Digital, Sathya's, Poorvika Mobiles, The MobileStore, Reliance Trends, Girias, Mega mart
Attractions
Kilkattalai Lake, Madipakkam Lake
Social Infrastructure
Schools
- Apple Kids International Pre-School
- Holy Family Convent Matriculation Higher Secondary School
- Sri Sankara Vidyalaya Matriculation School
- Kiddies Choice Montessori & Kindergarten School
- Ravindra Bharathi Global School
- Vel's Higher Secondary School
- Velankanni Matriculation Higher Secondary School
- Baalyaa School
- Pallavaram Municipality Middle School
Hospitals
- Grace Multispeciality Hospital
- Vijayam Hospital
- Divya Hospital
Government
Lok Sabha Representative
Sriperumbudur (Lok Sabha constituency)
Pallavaram State Assembly Representative
Pallavaram (State Assembly Constituency)
Pallavaram Municipality Counsilors
| Term | Ward 14 | Ward 15 | Ward 16 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 -2017 [6] | K. Visvanathan | M. Gnanasekaran | V. Manoharan |
Upcoming/Proposed infrastructure work
- Three lane, Unidirectional flyover at the Medavakkam Main Road and Radial road intersection [7]
- Chennai Metro Rail station at Keelkattalai (Phase 2) [8][9]
- Water supply improvement scheme in Pallavaram municipality[10]
- Underground sewerage network in the municipal limits[11]
- Widening of the Medavakkam main road.[12]
Location in context [13]
Areas of Chennai | |
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References
- ^ http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-TM.html
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
- ^ http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-TM.html
- ^ http://123.63.242.116/pallavapuram/abt-muni.htm
- ^ http://my.metrocommute.in/Chennai/Using-Buses-or-Trains/Connecting/Kilkattalai
- ^ http://123.63.242.116/pallavapuram/who-councilors.htm
- ^ http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/Work-on-flyovers-begins-in-Keelkattalai/article14636821.ece
- ^ http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/Detailed-project-report-for-Phase-II-of-Metro-Rail-ready/article16947271.ece
- ^ http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2017/may/15/chennai-metro-phase-ii-to-get-green-light-1604880.html
- ^ http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/Rs.-99-crore-water-project-for-Pallavaram/article12549004.ece
- ^ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-downtown/article2802531.ece
- ^ http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chen-news/wider-and-safer-medavakkam-main-road-to-show-the-way/article4088340.ece
- ^ https://www.google.com/maps/place/Keelkattalai,+Chennai,+Tamil+Nadu,+India/@12.958395,80.1823583,14z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x3a525e7153460433:0xff70169d93bb3d0b!8m2!3d12.956358!4d80.1895498
