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thumb|Audio of Birds from the Perungalathur Reserved Forest Path Perungalathur () is a neighborhood in the city of Tambaram, South Chennai, situated within the Chennai Metropolitan Area, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Place details

Locality
Tambaram
Region
Tamil Nadu
Country
India
Population
37,342

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Air quality

62US AQIModerate
PM2.5
16.9 µg/m³
PM10
21.7 µg/m³
As of 2026-08-12 08:30 · Open-Meteo

Key facts

Settlement.name
Perungalathur, Chennai
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.area_code
+91-044
Settlement.population_total
37987
Settlement.postal_code
600063
Settlement.postal_code_type
PINs
Settlement.utc_offset
+5:30

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Country
India
Area
7.354
Elevation
32
Time zone
UTC+05:30
Image
Perungalathur flyover.jpg
Dialing code
4188
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postal code
600063
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Demographics
  • Location
  • Transportation
  • Lakes
  • References

thumb|Audio of Birds from the Perungalathur Reserved Forest Path Perungalathur () is a neighborhood in the city of Tambaram, South Chennai, situated within the Chennai Metropolitan Area, Tamil Nadu, India.

Formerly a Town Panchayat,it was merged into the Tambaram City Municipal Corporation in November 2021. Ancient Shiva Temple, located in Perungulathur is about 800 years old. The Kamatchi Amman Temple and Aadhi Karaneeswarar Temple are also popular.

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

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