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Palavakam is a locality in the south of Chennai and census town in Chennai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the East Coast Road about 6 km south of Adyar.

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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.

It sits within the topics Coastal neighbourhoods of Chennai and Neighbourhoods in Chennai.

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Settlement.name
Palavakkam
Settlement.settlement_type
Neighbourhood
Settlement.pushpin_map
India Chennai
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
India
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Tamil Nadu
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Chennai
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Metro
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Chennai
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.population_total
14369
Settlement.population_as_of
2001
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
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Languages
Settlement.demographics1_title1
Official
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Tamil

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Instance of
neighborhood
Country
India
Located in
Chennai
Area
2.76
Elevation
8
Time zone
UTC+05:30
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postal code
600041
Commons category
Palavakkam
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Demographics
  • Educational institutions
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Palavakam is a locality in the south of Chennai and census town in Chennai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the East Coast Road about 6 km south of Adyar.

==Demographics== India census, Palavakam had a population of 14,369. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Palavakam has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 68%. In Palavakam, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Palavakkam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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