| Kavankarai | |
| Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
| Pushpin Map: | India Chennai |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Kavankarai (Chennai) |
| Coordinates: | 13.1705°N 80.1954°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Established Title: | |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 38 |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Tamil, English |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Speech |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 600066 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone Code |
| Area Code: | +9144xxxxxxxx |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | Neighbourhoods |
| Blank4 Name Sec1: | LS |
| Blank4 Info Sec1: | Tiruvallur Lok Sabha constituency |
| Blank5 Name Sec1: | VS |
| Blank6 Name Sec1: | MP |
| Blank7 Name Sec1: | MLA |
| Website: | https://chennaicorporation.gov.in |
Kavankarai is a neighbourhood near Pulhal[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] in Chennai district of Tamil Nadu state in the peninsular India. It is located at an altitude of about 30 m above the mean sea level with the geographical coordinates of 13.1705°N 80.1954°W (i.e., 13.170500°N, 80.195400°E). Red Hills, Pulhal, Vinayagapuram, Kallikuppam, Padianallur, Cholavaram, Karanodai, Madhavaram, Lakshmipuram and Kolathur are some of the important neighbourhoods of Kavankarai. Kannappa Swamigal was a spiritualist who lived in Kavankarai.[6] [7]