Chetpet is a locality in the Indian city of Chennai It is served by Chetpet railway station in the Beach–Tambaram line of Chennai Suburban Railway. Chetpet has a pond between the Chetpet railway station and the Poonamallee High Road, one of the last surviving natural water bodies in the city. It is the locality in Chennai where the mathematician Ramanujan died.[1]
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Coordinates: 13.07412°N 80.24238°E / 13.07412; 80.24238 | |
Country | India |
State | Tamil Nadu |
District | Chennai |
Metro | Chennai |
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• Body | CMDA |
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• Official | Tamil |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Planning agency | CMDA |
Along with Egmore and Nungambakkam, Chetpet is considered one of the original villages merged by the British to form Chennai.[2][3][4]
Until recently, the waters of Chetpet lake supplied groundwater recharge for the surrounding neighbourhoods.[5]
Chetpet is located at the center of Chennai, not far from Egmore railway station. CMBT is 8 km from Chetpet.
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