Puthagaram has developed from being a rural area along the Redhills high road to become one of the important residential localities of Chennai. It was a village panchayat till October 2011.Now as per a G.O., Puthagaram has become a part of the zone 3, Madhavaram, of the Chennai Corporation.Though Puthagaram has escalated itself from being a less-known suburb to a nominally decent suburban centre it still has not grown on par with the other localities in Chennai itself. For instance it still lacks proper roads and connectivity albeit the Corporation of Chennai has been carrying on various infrastructure projects in full-swing which are expected to reach completion soon.

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Puthagaram
Neighbourhood
Puthagaram
Coordinates: 13.140251°N 80.18808°E / 13.140251; 80.18808
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai
Metro	Chennai
Zone	Madhavaram Zone No 3
Ward	Puthagaram (Ward 24)
Elevation	7 m (23 ft)
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	600099
Telephone code	044
Vehicle registration	TN-05-xxxx
Planning agency	CMDA
City	Chennai
Lok Sabha constituency	Thiruvallur
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Madhavaram

A possible expansion of Chennai city limits from 174 km² to 430 km² may require merger of several suburbs, and Puthagaram panchayath is likely to be detached from Madhavaram.[1]

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