Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar

This article is about a neighbourhood in Perambur, Chennai. For an assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, see Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar (State Assembly Constituency).

Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar
Neighbourhood
Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar is located in Chennai
Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar
Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar
Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar (Chennai)
Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar is located in Tamil Nadu
Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar
Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar
Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar (Tamil Nadu)
Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar is located in India
Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar
Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar
Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar (India)
Coordinates: 13°07′11″N 80°13′57″E / 13.119814°N 80.232572°E / 13.119814; 80.232572
Country India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictChennai
TalukPerambur
MetroChennai
Elevation
5 m (16 ft)
Languages
 • OfficialTamil
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
600011
Telephone code044-2671, 044-2558
Planning agencyCMDA
CityChennai
Lok Sabha constituencyNorth Chennai
Vidhan Sabha constituencyKolathur
Civic agencyGreater Chennai Corporation

Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar or TVK Nagar or Thiru. V. Kalyaanasundaram Nagar, named after the Tamil scholar Thiru. V. Kalyanasundaram, is a developed residential area in North Chennai, a metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu, India.

Location

The neighbouring places of Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar are :

Constituency

Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar is located within the new Kolathur Constituency created after the delimitation of constituencies in 2008.[1] Another constituency named after Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar is , Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar Constituency which is also created after the delimitation of constituencies in 2008. Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar is not represented in Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar Constituency which represents the areas of Perambur(part), Ayanavaram, Otteri, Pattalam, Pulianthope.[2]

Greater Chennai Corporation Zone

Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar is also a zone in the Greater Chennai Corporation.[3] It is one of the 15 zones of the Greater Chennai Corporation in which, it contains wards 64 to 78. It is named as the 6th Zone of the Greater Chennai Corporation in Central Chennai Region.

Entertainment

Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar has a wide range of entertainment venues such as cinemas and parks nearby. Perambur has the first shopping mall of the north Chennai Spectrum Mall. It also consists of a 5 screen Multiplex named S2 Cinemas which is controlled by theater franchise SPI Cinemas. Other nearby theatres are Sri Brinda Theatre (Perambur), Ganga Cinemas (Kolathur, (Chennai)), Sri Shanmuga Cinemas (Moolakadai), Pandian Theatre (Kodungaiyur), Iyyapa Theatre (Erukkancherry). Perambur has also got Chennai's first Disco Water park named Murasoli Maran Flyover Park which is always crowded in the weekends.

Transportation

Railways

Perambur Railway Station with view of Perambur Fly over
Main article: Perambur (Railway station)

Perambur is served by three railway stations. They are Perambur, Perambur Carriage Works and Perambur Loco Works. Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar can be easily accessed from any of the three stations.

MTC Buses

MTC has a bus terminus in Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar. The bus terminus is located on Sundararaja Perumal Koil street ( North ) amidst Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar. Ayanavaram, Perambur, Madhavaram, Alandur depots of MTC operate buses to Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar .

Sub-neighbourhoods

  • Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar
  • Gandhi Nagar
  • Anbazhagan Nagar
  • Ramamurthy Colony
  • Vetri Nagar
  • Kennedy Square
  • Gopalapuram
  • Krishna Nagar

Roads and Streets

  • Pallavan salai
  • SRP koil street (North)
  • Bashyam street

Adjacent communities

References

  1. ^ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Thiru.Vi. Ka Nagar residents complain of unkept promises". The Hindu. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  3. ^ "சென்னை மாநகராட்சி எல்லைகள் விஸ்தரிப்பு- 200 வார்டுகளுடன் மெகா மாநகராட்சியானது". OneIndia.in. Retrieved 31 August 2012.