Pallavaram
Sign in to saveAlso known as Pallavapuram, Pallava puram
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Pallavaram
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Chengalpattu
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Chennai Metropolitan Area
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Metro
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- 22px Tamil Nadu
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Chennai Metropolitan Area##Location in Tamil Nadu##Location in India
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Chennai#Tamil Nadu#India
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Suburb of Chennai
- Settlement.population_total
- 215417
- Settlement.postal_code
- 600043, 600044, 600117
- Settlement.postal_code_type
- PINs
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +5:30
- Settlement.timezone1
- IST
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- neighborhood
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Tambaram
- Area
- 18
- Elevation
- 16
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Image
- Sunset Chennai.jpg
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- Commons category
- Pallavaram
- postal code
- 600043
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Pallavaram Lake
- Connectivity
- Pallavapuram Special Grade Municipality
- Demographics
- References
- External links
Pallavaram (originally Pallavapuram) is a southern suburb of Chennai, India. It lies in the district of Chengalpattu, situated within the Chennai Metropolitan Area, Tamil Nadu state.
Formerly a Municipality under Alandur taluk, it was bifurcated in August 2015 to form a new taluk.In November 2021, the town was merged with Tambaram City Municipal Corporation. Cantonment Pallavaram is managed by the Ministry of Defence, Government of India under the St.Thomas Mount-cum-Pallavaram cantonment board. The neighborhood is known for its cantonment and bustling residential colonies and is served by Pallavaram railway station of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pallavaram” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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