Country India District Kancheepuram Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Local time Monday 2:53 AM | State Tamil Nadu Kanchipuram Chengalpattu Population 29,122 (2011) | |
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PIN kanchipuram -603202, 603210 , 603211 Weather 28°C, Wind SE at 8 km/h, 82% Humidity University SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre | ||
Urapakkam is located outside Chennai between Chennai Vandalur and Guduvancheri Town.
Contents
- Map of Urapakkam Tamil Nadu
- Geography
- Civic amenities
- Educational institutions
- New CMBT Bus terminus
- Malls
- Connectivity
- References
Map of Urapakkam, Tamil Nadu
It is part of Chengalpattu taluk of Kancheepuram district and it has been categorised as Village panchayat under Kattankulathur Panchayat Union.The population was 29,122 during the 2011.
It is situated on the busy National Highway 45. It is situated between Chennai Tambaram and Chengalpattu at a distance of 8 km from Tambaram and 21 km from Chengalpattu. It is one of the fast-growing area outside Chennai Sub-urban region.
Urapakkam is served by the Urapakkam railway station of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network and has two bus stops.
Geography
Urapakkam is located between Entrance Gate of South Chennai Vandalur Chennai city Limit and Kanchipuram region Guduvancheri Chengalpattu taluk.. The railway line that runs through it separates the place into Urappakkam east and Urappakkam west. Urappakkam is bound on the western side by the Madambakkam and Adhanur villages, the eastern side by periyar nagar, Karanai-Puducheri(belong to karanaipuducheri panchyat) and Iyenchery villages(Part of Urappakkam Panchyat), the northern side by Vandalur Chennai corporation limit , and the southern side by Guduvancheri Town panchayat. Also, it is very close to the fast-developing Chennai City corridors like Vandalur-Kelambakkam Road and Chengalpattu taulk region like SP Koil-Oragadam-Sriperumbudur Road, and the Chennai outer Outer Ring Road (Vandalur to Minjur).
The village that buffers Urapakkam with Guduvancheri is Nandivaram and the village that buffers Urapakkam..
Civic amenities
Urapakkam is supported by a fully functional electricity board and a village panchayat office. It has two sub post offices - one in east and the other is in west. The Rail over bridge opened before few years has contributed to the increase in the real estate prices, the area has witnessed a lot of growth with increase in the number of residential houses, real estate projects, Apartments, Banks, commercial shops. Despite abundance growth many parts of Urapakkam lacks even basic civic amenities such as drinking water, electricity connection and proper roads. There is huge water logging in the roads during the rainy season and no roads have been laid in many areas despite the increase in the number of residencies and population. [3]
There are lots of financial institutions that are opening in Urapakkam. Most of them are on the GST road itself.
Even though the area is touted as a rapidly developing area, civic amenities and public services are very poor. The area doesn't have underground sewage, forcing people to let their water waste on the roads. There are no dedicated telephone exchange and police stations in Urapakkam, forcing them to go to Guduvancherry for their needs. As a result, people residing in the interior areas don't have access to internet through service providers like Airtel and BSNL, and depend only on wireless internet.
The following banks have opened their branches or ATMs
There are a few Gyms around here that have been there for a long time. A few of them have started spring up in the last 3 years predominantly on GST.
There has been lot of activity recently in Urapakkam with respect to training in music and dance. The interest has peaked after the Super Singer program that Star Vijay airs every day.
There have been lot of individuals that teach in and around Urapakkam. As an institution, there are a few that actually teach.
Educational institutions
College in Chennai region
College in Kanchipuram region
Schools in Urapakkam
Play School in Urapakkam.
Schools Near Urapakkam
Schools in Chennai region Below
New CMBT Bus terminus
On 7 September 2016, Govt of Tamil Nadu Announced Urapakkam Panchayat Town Located Outside Chennai has been selected for Proposed New CMBT Bus Terminus Like one in Koyembedu Chennai. Earlier it was Planned in Guduvancheri but it was dropped due Land Accommodation Problem's.
New Bus Termius is Going to Built in outside Chennai due to InSufficient of Lands in Chennai City Region.
Malls
New mall at Chennai region
Connectivity
Urapakkam is strategically located on GST Road and has good road connectivity to major locations like Airport, Tambaram, Mahindra City, OMR, ORR, Oragadam, Sriperumbudur, etc. Urapakkam has an added advantage of good connectivity via Suburban railway network (Chennai Beach-Tambaram-Chengalpattu).
Some MTC buses passing through Urapakkam are :
Suburban Train Timings