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?Tambaram Tamil Nadu • India
Tambaram
Coordinates: 12°56′N 80°07′E / 12.93, 80.11
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	• 32 m (105 ft)
District(s)	Kancheepuram
Population	137,609 (2001)
Municipal Chairman	E. Mani[1]
Codes • Pincode • Telephone • Vehicle	• 600045/46 • +91-44 • TN-22

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Tambaram is a suburb of Chennai situated 27 km south of the city in Tamil Nadu, India. This is an urban node. It has an average elevation of 32 metres (104 feet). Tambaram is a hub to all major destinations in south Tamil Nadu as it lies on the busy Chennai–Trichy national highway. The highway and the railway line from Chennai Egmore to Kanyakumari divide the town into East Tambaram and West Tambaram. The Chennai suburban railway network operates a suburban railway service from Chennai Beach to Tambaram. , “Madras” redirects here. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... The metre (American English:meter) is a measure of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... Tiruchirapalli (also spelled Tiruchchirappalli, commonly known as Tiruchi or Trichy, formerly known as Trichinopoly under British rule) is a city situated on the banks of the Kaveri river, centrally located in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. ... The Network of National Highways in India National Highways in India is the class of roads maintained by the Central Government and is the main long-distance roadways. ... Chennai Egmore is a railway station in Chennai, South India. ... , Kanyakumari   (Tamil: கன்னியாகுமரி) is a town in Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu state, India. ... A Suburban train in Chennai Chennai suburban railway is a commuter rail system in the Indian city of Chennai operated by the Southern Railway. ... This is a train terminus in the Southern Railway Network. ...

Tambaram is considered to be a satellite town as it caters to the needs of hundreds of villages and suburbs like Padappai, Seliyur, Agaram, Madambakkam, Mudichur and Madipakkam. Tambaram is geographically divided into West, East and Tambaram Sanatorium. East Tambaram is well known for education since there are a lot of educational institutions present there. The prominent among them is the Madras Christian College. Tambaram Sanatorium is a railway station on the Chennai Beach - Tambaram section of the Chennai suburban railway. ... The Madras Christian College in Chennai, South India, is one of the oldest colleges of the Indian subcontinent and was established in 1837. ...

Local Features

• Flying Instructors School (FIS) of the Indian Air Force, located in at Airforce Station Tambaram.

• Sivananda Orphanage

• The Madras Christian College (MCC)

• A number of engineering colleges.

• A market which caters to the population of southern Chennai.

• Madras Export Processing Zone (MEPZ) - One of Tamil Nadu's Special Economic Zones, which is located in Tambaram. The MEPZ houses varied industries such as call centers, garment production factories and few electronics components manufacturing companies like Urjita Electronics, Avalon Technologies.

• National Institute of Siddha[1], Which was inaugurated[2] on 3rd Sep 2005 by the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh.

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Education

Tambaram in general is considered as a haven for engineering graduates because of the many colleges located nearby. Some of the notable engineering colleges in Tambaram include:

• Sri Sai Ram Engineering college
• Bharath Deemed University
• Dhanalakshmi College of Engineering
• GKM College of Engineering & Technology

The notable schools in Tambaram include: Sri Sairam Engg college is a ISO9001-2000 certified institution. ... Bharath Institute of Science and Technology (also known as Bharath Engineering College) is a college in Selaiyur, India. ...

• Alpha Matriculation School, Sembakkam
• Kendriya Vidyalaya Tambaram (of which there are 3)
• Jaigopal Garodia National Higher Secondary School
• Sitadevi Garodia Hindu Vidyalaya
• Sri Sankara Vidyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School.
• Good Earth School
• Christ King Higher Secondary School
• Corley High School
• Campus School (MCC)
• Shri Anand Jain Vidyalaya
• Zion Matriculation School
• Baby middle school
• madras seva sadan higher secondary school

Chennai's leading institute Prakash Institute is also situated here.

The Municipality

Prior to 1964, Tambaram was a small panchayat. In 1964 it was constituted as Grade III Municipality comprising the Village Panchayats of Pulikoradu, Irumbliyur, Selaiyur. Due to rapid development and growth of the town commercially and residentially, the Municipality is now classified as a 'Selection Grade Municipality'. The population as per 2001 census is 1,33,667 besides a floating population of more than 1 lakh per day. The extent of the municipality is 20.72 km². // The Panchayat (पंचायत in Devanagiri) is an Indian political system that groups five villages in a quincunx (four peripheral villages around a central one were laid out as the 5 side of a die). ... A lakh (Hindi: लाख, Urdu: Ù„Ú©Ú¾, Bengali: , Tamil : இலட்சம்) is a unit in the Indian numbering system, widely used both in official and other contexts in Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan. ...

The most famous road in West Tambaram is the Shanmugam Road which is one of the busiest roads in the city. It is comparable to the Ranganathan Street in West Mambalam. The eastern part of the road is the commercial centre while the western end is called the Medical centre. Tambaram has famous hospitals and diagnostic centres like Hindu Mission Hospital, Deepam Hospital, Philips Hospital, AG Hospital etc,. It had three theatres called MR on the main road, National slightly off the main road till 1972, and the biggest of the three named Vidhya.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census^GRIndia, Tambaram had a population of 137,609. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Tambaram has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 65%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 74%. In Tambaram, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age. 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 - A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall appears in Seattles Magnuson Park, placed by an anonymous... 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...

Topography

Tambaram Railway Station divides Tambaram into East Tambaram and West Tambaram. East Tambaram and West Tambaram each have a police station. There is a District Munsiff Court at West Tambaram which deals with cases of Civil nature and a Judicial Magistrate's Court at the East Tambaram which deals with criminal cases. The Criminal Court is at Poondi Bazar just adjecent to Poondi Bazar Bus stop. Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street Station in 1865. ... The Grand Timcheh of Qoms Bazaar. ... The Grand Timcheh of Qoms Bazaar. ... For other uses, see Bus (disambiguation). ...

Notes and References

1. ^ The Hindu dated 29 October 2006

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