Puthagaram, Chennai

Puthagaram
புத்தகரம்
Neighbourhood
Puthagaram
Coordinates: IN 13°08′25″N 80°11′17″E / 13.140251°N 80.18808°E / 13.140251; 80.18808Coordinates: IN 13°08′25″N 80°11′17″E / 13.140251°N 80.18808°E / 13.140251; 80.18808
Country  India
State Tamil Nadu
District Thiruvallur
Metro Chennai
Zone Madhavaram Zone No 3
Ward Puthagaram (Ward 24)
Elevation 7 m (23 ft)
Languages
  Official Tamil
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 600099
Telephone code 044
Vehicle registration TN-05-xxxx
Planning agency CMDA
City Chennai
Lok Sabha constituency Tiruvallur
Vidhan Sabha constituency Madhavaram

Puthagaram (Tamil: புத்தகரம்) has developed from being a rural area along the Redhills high road to become one of the important residential localities of Chennai. It was a village panchayat till October 2011.Now as per a G.O., Puthagaram has become a part of the zone 3, Madhavaram, of the Chennai Corporation.Though Puthagaram has escalated itself from being a less-known suburb to a nominally decent suburban centre it still has not grown on par with the other localities in Chennai itself.For instance it still lacks proper roads and connectivity albeit the Corporation of Chennai has been carrying on various infrastructure projects in full-swing which are expected to reach completion soon.

A possible expansion of Chennai city limits from 174 sq km to 430 sq km may require merger of several suburbs, and Puthagaram panchayath is likely to be detached from Madhavaram. [1]

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