Kovilambakkam is a southern suburb of Chennai, India. It is located in Chengalpattu district in the state of Tamil Nadu, about 26 km from Chennai city center and 12 km from Tambaram. The neighbourhood spans the areas of Sunnambu Kolathur, Chinna Kovilambakkam and Periya Kovilambakkam.

Kovilambakkam
Rural neighbourhood
Kovilambakkam Panchayat Office
Kovilambakkam
Coordinates: 12.9457357°N 80.2014543°E / 12.9457357; 80.2014543
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chengalpattu
Metro	Chennai
Taluk	Tambaram
Village panchayat	Kovilambakkam
President	Geetha Manimaran
Government
• Type	Panchayat
• Body	Kovilambakkam Village Panchayat
Population  (2011)
• Total	27,374
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	600129
Telephone code	91-44
Vehicle registration	TN-14
Lok Sabha constituency	Chennai South
Legislative Assembly constituency	Sholinganallur_(state_assembly_constituency)
Website	https://chengalpattu.nic.in/ https://www.kovilambakkam.com (Governmental)

Governance

The neighbourhood is administered by the Kovilambakkam Village Panchayat, which is under control of St. Thomas Mount Panchayat Union, Chengalpattu district. The area and population of Kovilambakkam is so huge that it consists of two revenue villages spanning two different districts in Tamil Nadu, namely, Kovilambakkam revenue village (which comes under Tambaram taluk in Chengalpattu district) and Madipakkam-B revenue village (which comes under Sholinganallur taluk in Chennai district). Madipakkam-B is commonly referred to by the villagers by its 800-year-old name Sunnambu Kolathur.

Demographics

As of 2011^[update] India census,[1] Kovilambakkam had a population of 27,374. Males constitute 13,935 of the population and females 13,439. There were 7,010 households. Kovilambakkam has an average literacy rate of 72.55%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 55.7%, and female literacy is 44.3%. In Kovilambakkam, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Geography

The neighbourhood has a lake known as the Kovilambakkam lake. It is connected with the Pallikaranai Marsh by means of a 4-km-long surplus channel to drain rainwater.[2] The canal has a carrying capacity of 12,000 cusecs (cubic feet per second) of water.[2] However, there are complaints of sewage being dumped into the canal by the Pallavaram Municipality.[2]

Infrastructure

Kovilambakkam is located along the Pallavaram–Thoraipakkam 200-feet Radial Road.[3] It is also one of the neighbourhoods that will be connected by the phase II network of the Chennai Metro currently under construction.[4]

Schools and colleges

• Govt. Higher Secondary School
• DAV Co-ed School, Pallikaranai (located in Kovilambakkam)
• A. V. G. Vidyalaya Matriculation School
• Nethaji Vidhyalayam School
• Golden School
• Pole Star Matriculation School
• Himayam Matriculation School
• Panchayat Union Primary School
• Srujana International school (formerly Srujana Montessori School)

Areas surrounding of the locality

References

External links

• WIKIMAPIA
• Undermining Farm Wells
• At cremation ground, it's trash that burns
• Village panchayats to get new roads
• Village panchayats to get new roads