Keelkattalai

Keelkattalai
Locality in Chennai
Keelkattalai
Keelkattalai
Keelkattalai
Coordinates: 12°57′54″N 80°11′46″E / 12.96487°N 80.19611°E / 12.96487; 80.19611Coordinates: 12°57′54″N 80°11′46″E / 12.96487°N 80.19611°E / 12.96487; 80.19611
Country India
State Tamil Nadu
Metro Chennai
Government
 • Body Pallavaram Municipality
Languages
 • Official Tamil, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 600117
Planning agency CMDA
Distance from Chennai International Airport 11 kilometres (6.8 mi)
Distance from Tambaram Railway Station 11 kilometres (6.8 mi)

Keelkattalai (also written as Kilkattalai or Keezhkattalai) is a suburb in the south of Chennai, Tamil Nadu under the Pallavaram municipality. It is a residential locality catering to the needs of the middle income groups.

Statistics

As of 2011 Census of India,[1] Keelkattalai had a population of 27,981.

Census Data
YearPopulationMaleFemale
2001[2] 17,4409,2438,197
2011[1] 27,98114,02713,954

History

The name Keelkattalai is derived from the word கீழ் from கிழக்கு (east) and கட்டளை (village) and translates to "The village to the east", with respect to Pallavaram, a Pallava era settlement. Initially, Keelkattalai was incorporated as a village panchayat and on 17 January 1970, it was merged with the Zamin Pallavaram Town Panchayat, Issa Pallavaram Town Panchayat, Hasthinapuram Town Panchayat and Nemilichery Panchayat to form the Pallavaram Municipality[3]

Connectivity

Keelkattalai enjoys a well connected road network to major hubs in the city through two arterial roads connecting namely the Medavakkam Main Road and Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam Radial Road (SH 109). The area is served well by buses serviced by the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) to major locations inside the city. Despite having no railway connectivity, Keelkattalai is easily accessible from Pallavaram (Chennai Suburban Railway), St Thomas Mount (Chennai Suburban Railway) and Velachery (MRTS, Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System)

Bus Routes

This list includes buses originating from Keelkattalai and the ones passing through Keelkattalai bus terminus [4].

RouteFromTo
V51 T.NagarTambaram (via Velachery, Keelkattalai)
M14 NGO ColonyMedavakkam Jn (Koot Rd) (via Keelkattalai)
B51 T.NagarTambaram East (via Adambakkam, Keelkattalai)
(M)18C KeelkattalaiT.Nagar (via Nanganallur)
52K KeelkattalaiHigh Court
552K KeelkattalaiThiruporur (via Sholinganallur)
M1 KeelkattalaiThiruvanmiyur (via Velachery)
(M)45E KeelkattalaiAnna Square (via Velachery)
M45 KeelkattalaiT.Nagar (via Velachery)
18D KeelkattalaiBroadway (via Adambakkam)
79K KeelkattalaiOragadam (via Tambaram)
M70K KeelkattalaiCMBT (via Vadapalani)
M1P KeelkattalaiPolichalur (via Pallavaram)
76 Medavakkam Jn (Koot Rd)CMBT (via Keelkattalai)
21L KeelkattalaiBroadway (via Velachery)
M45K KeelkattalaiPallavaram Gate
M11 SaidapetTambaram East (via Adambakkam, Keelkattalai)
V579 VelacheryPadappai (via Tambaram, Keelkattalai)
66K KeelkattalaiPoonamallee (via Pallavaram)
M51S Sunnambu KolathurT.Nagar (via Adambakkam, Keelkattalai)
S12 KeelkattalaiVelachery
S19 KeelkattalaiHasthinapuram
S11 KeelkattalaiGuindy Asarkana

Food, Shopping and Recreation, guest house .

city residence and prakash realty

Food

KFC, Domino's Pizza, Aasife Biryani, Subway, Alreef, Raintree, Adyar Ananda Bhavan, Sri Krishna Sweets, Prakash Realty.

Shopping

Reliance Digital, Sathya's, Poorvika Mobiles, The MobileStore, Reliance Trends, Girias, Mega mart, Reliance trends, More supermarket, Pandian stores, Mothersworld, Nilgiris 1905

Attractions

Keelkattalai Lake, Madipakkam Lake

Social Infrastructure

Schools

  • Apple Kids International Pre-School
  • Holy Family Convent Matriculation Higher Secondary School
  • Sri Sankara Vidyalaya Matriculation School
  • Kiddies Choice Montessori & Kindergarten School
  • Ravindra Bharathi Global School
  • Vel's Higher Secondary School
  • Velankanni Matriculation Higher Secondary School
  • Baalyaa School
  • Pallavaram Municipality Middle School

Hospitals

  • Grace Multispeciality Hospital
  • Vijayam Hospital
  • Divya Hospital

Government

Pallavaram ward map showing Keelkattalai (Eastern end in green)

Lok Sabha Representative

Sriperumbudur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Pallavaram State Assembly Representative

Pallavaram (State Assembly Constituency)

Pallavaram Municipality Counsilors

TermWard 14Ward 15Ward 16
2011 -2017[5] K.viswanathanM. GnanasekaranV. Manoharan

Upcoming/Proposed infrastructure work

  • Three lane, Unidirectional flyover at the Medavakkam Main Road and Radial road intersection[6]
  • Chennai Metro Rail station at Keelkattalai (Phase 2)[7][8]
  • Water supply improvement scheme in Pallavaram municipality[9]
  • Underground sewerage network in the municipal limits[10]
  • Widening of the Medavakkam main road.[11]

Location in context[12]

References

  1. 1 2 http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-TM.html
  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 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  3. ↑ http://123.63.242.116/pallavapuram/abt-muni.htm
  4. ↑ http://my.metrocommute.in/Chennai/Using-Buses-or-Trains/Connecting/Kilkattalai
  5. ↑ http://123.63.242.116/pallavapuram/who-councilors.htm
  6. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/Work-on-flyovers-begins-in-Keelkattalai/article14636821.ece
  7. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/Detailed-project-report-for-Phase-II-of-Metro-Rail-ready/article16947271.ece
  8. ↑ http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2017/may/15/chennai-metro-phase-ii-to-get-green-light-1604880.html
  9. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/Rs.-99-crore-water-project-for-Pallavaram/article12549004.ece
  10. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-downtown/article2802531.ece
  11. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chen-news/wider-and-safer-medavakkam-main-road-to-show-the-way/article4088340.ece
  12. ↑ https://www.google.com/maps/place/Keelkattalai,+Chennai,+Tamil+Nadu,+India/@12.958395,80.1823583,14z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x3a525e7153460433:0xff70169d93bb3d0b!8m2!3d12.956358!4d80.1895498
  • Things to do in Kilkattalai
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