Thiru. Vi. Ka Nagar

Thiru. Vi. Ka Nagar
திரு. வி. க நகர்
Neighbourhood
Thiru. Vi. Ka Nagar
Thiru. Vi. Ka Nagar
Thiru. Vi. Ka Nagar
Coordinates: 13°07′11″N 80°13′57″E / 13.119814°N 80.232572°E / 13.119814; 80.232572Coordinates: 13°07′11″N 80°13′57″E / 13.119814°N 80.232572°E / 13.119814; 80.232572
Country  India
State Tamil Nadu
District Chennai
Taluk Perambur
Metro Chennai
Elevation 5 m (16 ft)
Languages
 • Official Tamil
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 600011
Telephone code 044-2671, 044-2558
Planning agency CMDA
City Chennai
Lok Sabha constituency North Chennai
Vidhan Sabha constituency Kolathur
Civic agency Greater Chennai Corporation

Thiru. Vi. Ka Nagar or TVK Nagar or Thiru. V. Kalyanasundaram Nagar (Tamil: திரு. வி. க நகர்), named after the Tamil scholar Thiru. V. Kalyanasundaram is a developed residential area in North Chennai, a metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu, India.

Location

The neighbouring places of Thiru. Vi. Ka Nagar are Peravallur (0.5 km), Agaram (0.8 km), Sembium (1 km), Periyar Nagar (2 km), Kolathur (2 km), Moolakadai (2 km), Kodungaiyur (3 km), Ponniammanmedu (3 km), Vyasarpadi (4 km), Madhavaram (5 km), Madhavaram Milk Colony (5 km), Vinayagapuram (5 km), Doveton/Purasaiwalkam (5 km), Vepery (5.5 km), Mathur MMDA (6 km), Manali (7 km), Chennai Central railway station (8 km), Chennai Egmore railway station (9 km), Broadway Bus Terminus (10 km).

Constituency

Thiru. Vi. Ka Nagar is located within the new Kolathur Constituency created after the delimitation of constituencies in 2008.[1] Another constituency named after Thiru. Vi. Ka Nagar is Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar Constituency which is also created after the delimitation of constituencies in 2008. Thiru. Vi. Ka Nagar is a not represented in Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar Constituency which represents the areas of Perambur(part), Ayanavaram, Otteri, Pattalam, Pulianthope.[2]

Greater Chennai Corporation Zone[3]

Thiru. Vi. Ka Nagar is also a zone in Greater Chennai Corporation. It is one of the 15 zones of the Greater Chennai Corporation which it contains wards 64 to 78. It is the named as 6th Zone of Greater Chennai Corporation in Central Chennai Region.

Entertainment

Thiru. Vi. Ka Nagar has a wide range of entertainment venues such as cinemas and parks nearby. Perambur has the first shopping mall of the north Chennai Spectrum Mall. It also consists of a 5 screen Multiplex named S2 Cinemas which is controlled by theater franchise SPI Cinemas. Other nearby theatres are Sri Brinda Theatre (Perambur), Ganga Cinemas (Kolathur), Sri Shanmuga Cinemas (Moolakadai), Pandian Theatre (Kodungaiyur), Iyyapa Theatre (Erukkancherry). Perambur has also got Chennai's first Disco Water park named Murasoli Maran Membala Poonga which is always crowded in the weekends.

Transportation

Railways

Perambur Railway Station with view of Perambur Fly over

Perambur is served by three railway stations. They are Perambur, Perambur Carriage Works and Perambur Loco Works. Thiru. Vi. Ka Nagar can be easily accessed from any of the three stations.

MTC Buses

MTC has a bus terminus in Thiru. Vi. Ka Nagar. The bus terminus is located in Sundara Perumal Koil street in centre of Thiru. Vi. Ka Nagar. Ayanavaram, Perambur, Madhavaram, Ennore depots of MTC operates buses from Thiru.

Places

  • Thiru. Vi. Ka Nagar
  • Gandhi Nagar
  • Anbazhagan Nagar
  • Ramamurthy Colony
  • Vetri Nagar
  • Kennedy Square
  • Gopalapuram
  • Krishna Nagar

References

  1. ↑ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-15.
  2. ↑ "Thiru.Vi. Ka Nagar residents complain of unkept promises". The Hindu. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "சென்னை மாநகராட்சி எல்லைகள் விஸ்தரிப்பு- 200 வார்டுகளுடன் மெகா மாநகராட்சியானது". OneIndia.in. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
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