Keelkattalai (also written as Kilkattalai or Keezhkattalai) is a suburb in the south of Chennai, Tamil Nadu under the Tambaram Municipal Corporation.
Keezhkattalai | |
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Locality in Pallavaram, Chennai | |
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Coordinates: 12.96487°N 80.19611°E / 12.96487; 80.19611 | |
Country | India |
State | Tamil Nadu |
Metro | Chennai |
Government | |
• Body | Tambaram Corporation |
Languages | |
• Official | Tamil, English |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 600117 |
Planning agency | CMDA |
Distance from Chennai International Airport | 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) |
Distance from Pallavaram railway station | 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) |
As of 2011[update] Census of India,[1] Keelkattalai had a population of 27,981.
Year | Population | Male | Female |
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2001[2] | 17,440 | 9,243 | 8,197 |
2011[1] | 27,981 | 14,027 | 13,954 |
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]
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)
This list includes buses originating from Keelkattalai and the ones passing through Keelkattalai bus terminus.[4]
Route | From | To |
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M14 | NGO Colony | Medavakkam Jn (Koot Rd) (via Keelkattalai) |
M18C | Keelkattalai | T.Nagar (via Nanganallur) |
M1 | Keelkattalai | Thiruvanmiyur (via Velachery) |
M45E | Keelkattalai | Anna Square (via Velachery) |
18D | Keelkattalai | Broadway (via Adambakkam) |
76 | Medavakkam Jn (Koot Rd) | CMBT (via Keelkattalai) |
S12 | Keelkattalai | Velachery |
S74 | Keelkattalai | Pallavaram Railway Station |
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Keelkattalai Lake is the main attraction.
Sriperumbudur (Lok Sabha constituency)
Pallavaram (State Assembly Constituency)
Term | Ward 14 | Ward 15 | |
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2011 -2016[5] | M.SATHISH KUMAR | M. Gnanasekaran | |
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