Minjur

Minjur

Vada Chennai
Minjur Vada Chennai
town
	Nickname: Vada Kanchi (North Kancheepuram)
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PIN	601203
Vehicle registration	TN-18

Minjur is a town located in the outskirts of

Chennai Suburban Railway Network

.

Geography

Minjur is located at 13°16′N 80°16′E / 13.27°N 80.27°E / 13.27; 80.27.

Thiruvottiyur

as its south, it is situated about 25 km from north of Chennai and well connected to that city with roadways and railways.

Minjur is a well-developed town which comprises more than 20 villages around it with most villages underdeveloped in terms of roads, schools, and other amenities. Minjur belongs to

taluk.^{[citation needed}

]

Demographics

As of 2001 [update] India

Tamil Nadu Electricity Board

employees.

Temples

Kamatchi Ekambaranathar Koil - situated in centre part of Minjur town.
Lord Shiva Temple
Minjur Varadaraja Perumal
Devadhanam Ranganathar Perumal Koil (5 km from North of Minjur in a small village named Devadhanam) on the way to "Neithavoyal".
BalaMurugan Tample ("Vallalar sabai" - minjur to kattur road 3 km distance in Neithavoyal)
Sri Panjamuga Gayathri Temple (Minjur to Kattur road 3 km distance in Neithavoyal)
Arulmigu Muppathamman Temple - Grama Devadai.
Arulmigu Ayyappa Temple
Anchunayar Temple
Pachai Amman Temple
Kulakarai Vinagayar Temple
Thirumanangeeswarar Temple -Thiruvudai Amman Temple (Ichcha Shakti) - 2 km from Minjur
Ellaiamman Temple
Mangalambikai Amman Temple
Sai Baba Temple - In Padmavathy Nagar
Sri Venugopalswamy Bajanai Mandhir, Venkata Reddy Palayam
Sri Varasitthi Vinayagar Temple, Venkata Reddy Palayam
Sri Karumari Amman Temple, Lakshmipuram 1st colony
Thai Moogambigai Temple, Ramana Nagar, B. D. Office
Sri Nagamallieswarar Sornambigai Temple, Nallur village
Sri Selva Vinagayar Temple, Nallur village
Sri Lakshmi Amman Temple, Nallur village
Sri Angala Amman Temple, Nallur village
Amudha Bala Abhirami Amman Temple, Balaji nagar
Sri Saelur Amman Temple, Nallur village
Semmavaram Jjalgandesawara Swamy Temple

Educational institutions

Shree Chandra Prabhu Jain College

Growth

Minjur is one of the suburban places of Chennai which is highly growing in terms of Education, Industrialization, and Agriculture, which are expanding by leaps and bounds. Minjur, in its land area, is twice the size of

Thiruvottiyur and thrice that of Ponneri

which is very much near to Minjur.

The Minjur seawater desalination plant, which supplies 100 million litres a day water to Chennai city, was inaugurated on July 31, 2010.^[3]

Outer Ring Road (ORR) which connects southern Chennai (Vandalur on NH 45) to Minjur is a main part of the CMDA's Second Master Plan for the greater Chennai. Minjur can be reached using bus or train service.

References

^ "Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Minjur". Retrieved 2 October 2014.
^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
^ "Minjur desalination plant inauguration today". The Hindu. 31 July 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[1] "Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Minjur". Retrieved 2 October 2014.

[2] "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.

[3] "Minjur desalination plant inauguration today". The Hindu. 31 July 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

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