Annanur

Annanur Railway Station in Thirumulaivoyal
Town
Annanur Railway Station in Thirumulaivoyal
Coordinates: 13°6′6″N 80°7′42″E / 13.10167°N 80.12833°E / 13.10167; 80.12833Coordinates: 13°6′6″N 80°7′42″E / 13.10167°N 80.12833°E / 13.10167; 80.12833
Country India
State Tamil Nadu
District Thiruvallur
Metro Chennai
Languages
 • Official Tamil
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 109
Telephone code 044
Vehicle registration TN-12
city Chennai
Climate Tropical (Köppen)

Annanur is a locality in Avadi in Chennai. It is located about 20 km from the city centre.

Geography

Thirumullaivoyal revenue is surrounded by Red Hills Lake, Oragadam, Ambattur, Avadi, Ayanambakkam, within Thirumullaivoyal has large area of lakes such as Thirumullaivoyal lake, Arapath Lake, Ambattur Lake, etc. lot of green belt areas belongs to air, railways, temples, Tamil Nadu Police, etc.

Demographics

The majority of Annanur residents are railway employees, government and public servants and the traditional Annanur inhabitants. Individual plot owners out number than flat owners. Flat system has recently started to sell its business.

Transportation

Rail

Annanur is served by the Annanur railway station on the Chennai suburban railway, which provides train service to Chennai.

Annanur Railway Station falls within in Avadi Taluk, Tiruvallur District, within municipal limits of Avadi Municipality. Bounded north by Redhills Lake, South By Parithipattu (Avadi), Ayappakam, East by Ambattur Zone (CHENNAI CORPORATION) West by parithipattu (Avadi), Thirumullaivoyal has two railway stations (Halt)1.Thirumullaivoyal 2. Annanur within one kilometer distance.

Road

Chennai Tirupati National High Way (NH 205) is the main road connectivity to Annanur Railway Station in Thirumulaivoyal, 60 Feet Railway Station Road (Railway Road) is the connecting road from NH 205 to Annanur Railway Station, Avadi Car Shed Complex. Presently NH 205 is under road widening. This project is under taken by Transstroy India.[1]

There is proposal by Tamil Nadu Highways Department, under Rural Road Scheme, NABARD, having its office in chengalpattu, to construct road over bridge across at Railway Level Crossing No.7 at 17/34-18/2 in between Ambattur and Avadi (Near Annanur Railway Station)Detailed Project Report is prepared by The ALPS INCORPORATION Chennai.[2] which will connect to Chennai Bypass, Outer Ring Road, NH.4

Bus no -S97 run between Avadi - Ambattur O. T.

Location in context

Education

St. Peter's Engineering College is located near the Annanur railway station. It is approximately 1.5 km from the Annanur railway station and is also well connected to Avadi and Ambattur by road.rangasamy teacher training institute is located near solambedu sri perumalkovil [3]

Kalaimagal Matriculation Hr Sec School is one of the best school in this area. This school achieved state 3rd in TN SSLC exam. It has two branches one is located at Nalavenba street. And another branch is located at Jothi Nagar.

There are two corporation schools in this area.


Churches

  • Full Gospel Telugu Baptist Church

Mosques

  • Salamath Mosque, GR Puram West, Annanur
  • Makkah Masjid, Near Railway Station, Senthil Nagar, Annanur
  • Amer Ali Mosque, Annal Anjugam Nagar, Annanur

Temples

  • Devi Karumari Amman Temple, Jothi Nagar, Annanur(Near Railway Station)

Bhuvaneshwari Amman Temple, Tirukural Main Road. Masilamanieswar Koil, Tirumullaivoyal. Pachaiamman Kovil. Ramar kovil at Kulakari street

Charity organisations

Asirvadam Foundation is an Indian charity and non-profit organisation that works to achieve long-term sustainable development for poor people by reducing their dependency and encouraging self-employment.

Sakthi Mandram is welfare association for the welfare of the Sri Shakthi Nagar and Siva Sakthi Nagar.

Recreation

Camp Tonakela Association

Camp Tonakela Association is located in South end of Thirumulaivoyal, North of Ayapakkam. Camp Tonakela is the brainchild of Wallace Forgie, a Canadian, who came to work with the Madras YMCA in the year 1927. As a dedicated boys’ work leader with a vast experience of outdoor camps, it was only natural that Forgie would attempt to address the deplorable lack of facilities for such activities in Madras. In the year 1938.[4]

Development

The recent developments are the 60 feet Railway road which stretches from Railway station to Murugappa Polytechnic and connects to NH-205. 40 feet Railway road is still under the screening. The new Annanur is majorly divided into Sivasakthi nagar subdivided into various sectors (A-F) and Sri Sakthi Nagar is subdivided into old Tamil literature street names. chozhan nagar area which was very popular comparing to the other residing area in Annanur. The annanur has a railway quarters which counts to a considerable amount of population to this area. Also many students from various colleges stay here due to its proximity to both rail and road. In spite of such huge population, there are only very few hotels to cater the people.

References

  1. ↑ http://transstroyindia.com/tirupathi.html
  2. ↑ http://www.thealpsinc.com/project.html%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  3. ↑ "St. Peter's Engineering College". collegesintamilnadu.com. Retrieved 2008-02-08.
  4. ↑ http://www.camptonakela.com/index.htm%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
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