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