Poonamallee
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Poonamallee
Poovirundhavalli | |
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Neighbourhood | |
UTC+5:30 (IST) | |
PIN | 600 056 |
Telephone code | 044 |
Vehicle registration | TN 12 (RTO, Poovirundhavalli) |
Poonamallee is a town and suburb of
Location
The town of Poonamallee is situated at a distance of 23 km from
Etymology
The name "Poonamallee" is the anglicized form of the Tamil word Poondhamalli, which might have been derived from "Poovirundavalli", meaning "the place where jasmine was cultivated". Saint Thirukatchi nambi in his last days suffered from aged illness and due to his service to Lord varadha of kanchi interrupted. But he tried hard to reach kanchi and on seeing this lord varadha along with Lord of Srirangam and Thirupathi appeared before him and gave darshan. It is also the birthplace of him. This place is also called "Lakshmipuram" and Ulagu Vuyya Konda Cholapuram.
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1881 | 7,670 | — |
1901 | 15,323 | +99.8% |
1911 | 16,342 | +6.7% |
1921 | 17,549 | +7.4% |
1931 | 20,340 | +15.9% |
1941 | 18,704 | −8.0% |
1951 | 20,677 | +10.5% |
1981 | 23,667 | +14.5% |
1991 | 28,827 | +21.8% |
2001 | 42,604 | +47.8% |
2011 | 57,224 | +34.3% |
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Administration
Poonamallee is governed by Municipality of Poonamallee, coming under the
RTO: Poonamallee comes under RTO-Poonamallee (TN-12). It is one of the largest RTO in Tamil Nadu in terms of vehicle registered. Previously it was under Tiruvallur RTO (TN20).
Politics
City
Landmarks
Poonamallee is home to Varadaraja Perumal Temple. The neighbourhood has a Shiva temple which has three inscriptions dating to the 18th century CE.[5] there are three old traditional Catholic churches and a mosque was built and completed by Rustom, son of Dhulfiquer of Astrabad, a servant of Nawab Jumlat-ul-mulk. A Persian inscription dated 1653 CE, found in the mosque reveals this information. There is also a Muhammedan fort nearby.[5] There is also old cemetery in Poonamallee, which is the resting place of many British missionaries. The bus stop next to the cemetery says Kallarai, which is the Tamil word for cemetery.
Educational institutions
Colleges
- Alpha College of Engineering
- Apollo Engineering College
- Panimalar Engineering College
- SKR Engineering College
- Sree Sastha Institute of Engineering and Technology
- Sri Muthukumaran Institute of Technology
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- Apollo Arts & Science College
- Iqueue Technologies
- Rajalakshmi Institute Of technology
- Sastha Engineering College
Schools
Some of the popular schools in Poonamallee are :
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- Apollo Vidyashram
- Christ Matriculation Higher Secondary School
- Daniel Matriculation School
- Government ADW Higher Secondary School
- Holy Crescent Matriculation Higher Secondary School
- Jeya Jeya Sankara International school
- Joy Bell Matriculation School
- Kalashetra Matriculation Higher Secondary School
- Karthik Matriculation School, Ambal Nagar
- New St. Joseph's Matriculation Higher Secondary School
- Pencil park school of Arts, Nambi Nagar
- Sarojini Varadappan Girls Higher Secondary School
- Sathya Matriculation School
- Sri Rani Bai Matriculation school
- St. Joseph's Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Poonamallee
- Sundar Matriculation Higher Secondary School
- Thiruvalluvar Middle School, Nambi Nagar
- Velammal Vidyalaya, Senneer kuppam
References
- ^ a b "Census Info 2011 Final population totals - Poonamallee". Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 8 October 2008.
- ^ a b Robert Sewell (1882). Lists of the Antiquarian Remains in the Presidency of Madras, Volume 1. Government of Madras. p. 175.