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Porur
Sign in to savePorur () is a neighbourhood of Chennai, India. It is situated in the Maduravoyal taluk of Chennai district in the southern part of the city. Since 2011, it has been a part of the Chennai Corporation and included in zone number 11.
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Place details
- Locality
- Chennai Corporation
- Region
- Tamil Nadu
- Country
- India
- Population
- 46,690
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Porur
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Neighbourhood
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- Porur Junction.jpg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Porur
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Chennai #Tamil Nadu
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- right
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- Porur (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
- Taluk
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Maduravoyal
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- Zone
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Central Chennai Zone
- Settlement.government_type
- Chennai Corporation
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Location
- History
- Demographics
- Notes
Porur () is a neighbourhood of Chennai, India. It is situated in the Maduravoyal taluk of Chennai district in the southern part of the city. Since 2011, it has been a part of the Chennai Corporation and included in zone number 11.
The earliest recorded history of Porur goes back to the Chola period when it served as the headquarters of an administrative division (nadu) called Perur Nadu. Porur Lake is the major source of fresh water for suburban areas such as Iyyapanthangal, Moulivakkam and Mangadu. Porur is also known for the Ramachandra Medical College. Porur houses Mono-pulse Secondary Surveillance radar, one of the two radars in the city, which aids air-transport communication.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Porur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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