| Padianallur | |
| Settlement Type: | Neighbourhood |
| Pushpin Map: | India Chennai#Tamil Nadu#India |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Tamil Nadu, India |
| Coordinates: | 13.2042°N 80.1751°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Type3: | Taluk |
| Subdivision Type4: | Metro |
| Subdivision Type5: | MLA Constituency |
| Subdivision Type6: | MP Constituency |
| Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
| Subdivision Name2: | Tiruvallur |
| Subdivision Name3: | Ponneri |
| Subdivision Name4: | Chennai |
| Subdivision Name5: | Madhavaram |
| Subdivision Name6: | Tiruvallur |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 4.52 |
| Population Total: | 23819 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Tamil |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 600052 |
| Registration Plate: | TN-18 |
Padianallur is a village in Sholavaram Block in Thiruvallur district of Indian state Tamil Nadu. It is located 34 km towards East from District headquarters Tiruvallur. 4 km from Sholavaram. 20 km from State capital Chennai.
Thiruneetreshwarar Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located at Padiyanallur in Thiruvallur District of Tamil Nadu. Presiding Deity is called as Thiruneetreshwarar and Mother is called as Thiru Loganayaki. This is the oldest temple of all in Padiyanallur, the name Padiyanallur for this village came because, one of the Nayanmar has sung a song in this temple. Hence the name Padiyanallur came for this village.https://www.bharattemples.com/thiruneetreshwarar-temple-padiyanallur-thiruvallur/ This temple has an old Tamil scripting dating back 700–1000 years to the pandya period.
India census,[1] Padianallur had a population of 23,819. Males constitute 12043 of the population and females 11776. Padianallur has an average literacy rate of 90.36%, higher than the national average of 74.4%: male literacy is 94.16%, and female literacy is 86.5%. The gap in male-female literacy rate is 7.63%.