Thiru. Vi. Ka Nagar Explained

Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar
Settlement Type:Neighbourhood
Pushpin Map:India Chennai#Tamil Nadu#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar (Chennai)
Coordinates:13.1198°N 80.2326°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Tamil Nadu
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Chennai
Subdivision Type3:Taluk
Subdivision Name3:Perambur
Subdivision Type4:Metro
Subdivision Name4:Chennai
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:5
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:600011
Area Code Type:Telephone code
Area Code:044-2671, 044-2558
Blank1 Name Sec1:Planning agency
Blank1 Info Sec1:CMDA
Blank2 Name Sec1:City
Blank2 Info Sec1:Chennai
Blank3 Name Sec1:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank3 Info Sec1:North Chennai
Blank4 Name Sec1:Vidhan Sabha constituency
Blank4 Info Sec1:Kolathur
Blank5 Name Sec1:Civic agency
Blank5 Info Sec1:Greater Chennai Corporation

Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar or TVK Nagar or Thiru. V. Kalyaanasundaram Nagar, named after the Tamil scholar Thiru. V. Kalyanasundaram, is a developed residential area in North Chennai, a metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu, India.

Location

The neighbouring places of Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar are :

Constituency

Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar is located within the new Kolathur Constituency created after the delimitation of constituencies in 2008.[1] Another constituency named after Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar is, Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar Constituency which is also created after the delimitation of constituencies in 2008. Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar is not represented in Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar Constituency which represents the areas of Perambur(part), Ayanavaram, Otteri, Pattalam, Pulianthope.[2]

Greater Chennai Corporation Zone

Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar is also a zone in the Greater Chennai Corporation.[3] It is one of the 15 zones of the Greater Chennai Corporation in which, it contains wards 64 to 78. It is named as the 6th Zone of the Greater Chennai Corporation in Central Chennai Region.

Entertainment

Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar has a wide range of entertainment venues such as cinemas and parks nearby. Perambur has the first shopping mall of the north Chennai Spectrum Mall. It also consists of a 5 screen Multiplex named S2 Cinemas which is controlled by theater franchise SPI Cinemas. Other nearby theatres are Sri Brinda Theatre (Perambur), Ganga Cinemas (Kolathur, (Chennai)), Sri Shanmuga Cinemas (Moolakadai), Pandian Theatre (Kodungaiyur), Iyyapa Theatre (Erukkancherry). Perambur has also got Chennai's first Disco Water park named Murasoli Maran Flyover Park which is always crowded in the weekends.

Transportation

Railways

See main article: Perambur (Railway station).

Perambur is served by three railway stations. They are Perambur, Perambur Carriage Works and Perambur Loco Works. Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar can be easily accessed from any of the three stations.

MTC Buses

MTC has a bus terminus in Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar. The bus terminus is located on Sundararaja Perumal Koil street (North) amidst Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar. Ayanavaram, Perambur, Madhavaram, Alandur depots of MTC operate buses to Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar .

Sub-neighbourhoods

Roads and Streets

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008. Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120515102633/http://elections.tn.nic.in/forms/int3.pdf. 2012-05-15.
  2. News: Thiru.Vi. Ka Nagar residents complain of unkept promises. 30 April 2016. The Hindu. 25 April 2016.
  3. Web site: சென்னை மாநகராட்சி எல்லைகள் விஸ்தரிப்பு- 200 வார்டுகளுடன் மெகா மாநகராட்சியானது . OneIndia.in . 31 August 2012.