| Kelambakkam | |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Coordinates: | 12.48°N 80.13°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | Metro |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
| Subdivision Name2: | Chennai |
| Subdivision Name3: | Chengalpattu |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code: | 603103 |
Kelambakkam is a suburban and residential neighbourhood of Chennai, India. It is located in the south-eastern portion of the city along the Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR), and is about 5 km from Siruseri IT park and 12 km from Sholinganallur junction. It is another important junction after Sholinganalur, which connects GST road (Vandalur) and ECR road (Kovalam). Kelambakkam is considered as the Southern Gateway to Chennai city on OMR Road and comes under Zone-2 (Sholinganalur to Kelambakkam stretch) of OMR Road.
Metro Train project-Phase 2 is under process which connects Madhavaram with Siruseri IT park (Deadline to be operational for this Corridor-3 by 2025).
The total population of Kelambakkam is around 20,000 and expected to be doubled by 2021. The literacy rate of this locality is 90.88%. The sex ratio in Kelambakkam is 1,018. More families are migrating to Kelambakkam due to huge residential and commercial development, good ground water availability and easy accessibility to all parts of Chennai city with excellent road infrastructure. According to recent survey, Chennai city will have a population of 15 million people by 2030 (current population in 2019 is 11 million). Since population has already reached saturation point till Sholinganallur in OMR Road, more people (around 10 lakh people) will start migrating in Sholinganallur–Kelambakkam stretch till 2030.[1]
Due to rapid development, good water availability and excellent road infrastructure with easy accessibility to all parts of Chennai, lot of apartments and villas have been built in Kelambakkam. Also, Kelambakkam has witnessed lot of family migration in past few years. Proximity to employment opportunities, good asset appreciation, good road Infrastructure, proximity to beaches at ECR and other entertainment venues continues to attract more residents to this suburb.
Kelambakkam is well connected to almost all important destinations in Chennai city like T.Nagar, CMBT, Broadway, Central Railway station, Tambaram through frequent MTC bus services. New bus depot for Kelambakkam (Thaiyur) about 10 acres land is under construction for MTC bus shelter and also for new Kelambakkam bus terminus. On an average, MTC operates more than 400 bus services from Kelambakkam to all localities of Chennai city.
Also, Tamil Nadu government is constructing Biggest Bus Terminus (45 acres) at cost of Rs 410 crore in Vandalur which takes just 20 minutes to reach through Vandalur-Kelambakkam road. This bus terminus will be largest bus terminus in Asia and become operational from March 2022.
Metro Train project- Phase 2 is under process which connects Madhavaram with Siruseri IT park(Deadline to be operational for this Corridor-3 by 2025). Once Metro train is operational, it will be game changer for overall development in OMR road.