List of neighbourhoods of Chennai

This is a list of areas and neighbourhoods in Chennai by region. The city is divided on the basis of composition into four major parts: North, Central, South and West. North Chennai is primarily an industrial area while some areas are residential. Central Chennai is the commercial heart of the city and the downtown area. South Chennai and West Chennai, previously predominantly residential areas are fast turning into commercial areas, hosting a large number of IT and financial companies alone the GST Road, OMR and NH 4.

North Chennai

West Chennai

South and East Chennai

Suburban Chennai

Suburban Chennai includes almost half of the places in the districts of Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur. Suburban Chennai is commonly called as Greater Chennai.

Northern Suburbs of Chennai

Western Suburbs Chennai

Southern-western Suburbs of Chennai

Suburbs along ECR and OMR of Chennai

Satellite Towns

Although technically not belonging to the Chennai Metropolitan area, many of these satellite towns are referred to as being within Chennai.

The State government will decide on the expansion of the Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA) before the end of this fiscal, R Vaithilingam, Minister for Housing and Urban Development, told the Assembly on Aug 25, 2011. In view of the fast-paced development taking place in areas beyond the present metropolitan area jurisdiction, like Sriperumbudur, Kelambakkam, Tiruvallur and Mahabalipuram, it had become necessary to review the Chennai Metropolitan Planning Area that was notified in 1973-74, he said.[1]

Important Roads of Chennai

References

  1. ↑ "Final call on Greater Chennai by fiscal year-end - southindia - Chennai - ibnlive". CNN-IBN. 26 August 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
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