Maraimalai Nagar

Coordinates: 12°47′07″N 80°01′32″E / 12.785185°N 80.025601°E / 12.785185; 80.025601
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Maraimalai Nagar, Chennai
Town
UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
603209
Telephone code91(044)
Vehicle registrationTN-19
Websitemunicipality.tn.gov.in/Maraimalainagar/

Maraimalai Nagar is a municipality town in

Potheri
. As of 2011, Maraimalai Nagar had a population of 81,872.

The neighbourhood is served by the

Chennai Suburban Railway Network
.

Local administration

Maraimalai Nagar Municipality comprises

Potheri, Thailavaram, Vallanchery, Thirukatchur, Kalivandhapattu, Kadambur, Koodalur and Peramanur
villages and was constituted as Third grade Municipality in 2004. In 2010, it is upgraded as Special Grade Municipality. The town is divided into 21 wards. The extent of Municipal Area is 58.08 km2. Maraimalai Nagar is also very near to Oragadam - a new investment destination near Chennai.

Maraimalai Nagar is one of the industrial hub in

mean sea level
.

Maraimalai Nagar has the location advantage in terms of transportation net work. The town is well connected by rail and road, Chennai–

Trichy
Broad-gauge railway lines passes through the town.

Transport

Maraimalai Nagar has a railway station, bus stand, upgraded primary health care, telephone exchange, electricity office, post office, police station and higher secondary schools. The suburb is close to SRM University and its group of institutions (Valliammai Engineering College, SRM School of Management, SRM Medical College, SRM Hospital, Valliammai Polytechnic, SRM Polytechnic, SRM Institute of Hotel Management, SRM Arts and Science, SRM Pharmacy) which are located in Potheri, 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from Guduvancheri. It is becoming the largest residential area between Chennai Tambaram and Chengalpet/Kanchipuram because of the IT and automobile companies in and around Maraimalai Nagar like Accenture, Ford, Mahindra World City and SEZ.

Demographics

Religious census
Religion Percent(%)
Hindu
 
 90.27%
Muslim
 
 3.58%
Christian
 
 5.6%
Sikh
 
 0.1%
Buddhist
 
 0.04%
Jain
 
 0.07%
Other
 
 0.32%
No religion
 
 0.02%

According to

Buddhists, 0.07% Jains, 0.32% following other religions and 0.02% following no religion or did not indicate any religious preference.[4]

Geography

777.83 Hectares of Lands are Cultivated in Maraimalai Nagar Area Main Crops Cultivated in this area are Paddy, Sugarcane, Groundnut, raggi, etc., Water sources for irrigation: Palar River water source and Local sources

Maraimalar Nagar is a part of the

Chennai Suburban Railway Network
, it also has good connectivity with Chengalpattu through road and rail.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Maraimalai Nagar | Locality | GeoIQ". geoiq.io. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Census Info 2011 Final population totals". Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  3. ^ "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Maraimalai Nagar". Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Population By Religious Community - Tamil Nadu" (XLS). Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
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