Alandur is a zone of

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, and an urban node in

Chennai district Chennai district, formerly known as Madras district, is one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is the smallest and the most densely populated district in the state. The district is coterminous with the city of Chennai, ...

Guindy division Guindy division is a revenue division in the Chennai district of Tamil Nadu, India. It comprises the taluks of Alandur, Guindy, Mylapore, Sholinganallur Sholinganallur, also spelled Solinganalloor or Sozhinganalloor, is a locality in the sout ...

in the state of

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. It is Surrounded by

Guindy Guindy is one of the most important neighborhoods of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, and is nicknamed as ''The Gateway to Chennai''. The Kathipara junction where Anna Salai, Mount-Poonamallee Road, Inner Ring Road, 100 Feet Road or Jawaharlal Nehru Ro ...

in the North and East,

Adambakkam Adambakkam is a neighbourhood of Chennai, India. It is primarily a residential locality situated in South Chennai . Adambakkam area comes under Velachery taluk and Alandur taluk, Chennai District of Chennai Corporation. Adambakkam is surrounded ...

in the South, Pazhavanthangal in the South-West and St Thomas Mount in the North-West. As of 2011, Alandur had a population of 164,430. The town agglomeration of Alandur will have an estimated population of 300,000 by 2030. Alandur neighbours the

St. Thomas Mount Parangimalai (known in English as St. Thomas Mount) is a small hillock in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, near the neighbourhood of Guindy and very close to Chennai International Airport. The ancient Syrian Christian community of India trace t ...

Cantontment, the Officers Training Academy of the

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and the nearby towns of

and

M. G. Ramachandran Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran (17 January 1917 24 December 1987), also popularly known as M.G.R., was an Indian politician, actor, philanthropist, and filmmaker who served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu from 1977 until his death in 1987 ...

, a former chief minister of Tamil Nadu started his political career by winning his first legislative election from Alandur in 1967. Alandur also holds famous landmarks of Chennai namely Nehru Statue and Kathipara Junction.

Geography

Alandur is located at . It has an average elevation of 12 metres (39 feet).

Demographics

According to 2011 census, Alandur had a population of 164,430 with a sex-ratio of 997 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. A total of 16,074 were under the age of six, constituting 8,246 males and 7,828 females.

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accounted for 11.62% and .25% of the population respectively. The average literacy of the town was 85.23%, compared to the national average of 72.99%. The town had a total of 43411 households. There were a total of 64,698 workers, comprising 290 cultivators, 319 main agricultural labourers, 650 in house hold industries, 56,643 other workers, 6,796 marginal workers, 141 marginal cultivators, 146 marginal agricultural labourers, 199 marginal workers in household industries and 6,310 other marginal workers. In 2011, Alandur had a growth rate of 12 percent.

Religion

As per the religious census of 2011, Alandur had 84.09%

Hindus Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

, 7.08%

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, 7.94%

Christians Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words '' Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρ ...

, 0.06% Sikhs, 0.04% Buddhists, 0.25%

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, 0.51% following other religions and 0.03% following no religion or did not indicate any religious preference. There are many temples, churches and mosque in the area.

Educational institutions

Schools *St.Peters Matriculation Higher Secondary School * The PSBB Millennium School *Mont Fort High School *Mahesh Institute *Kiruba primary School *The hindu colony chellammal vidyalaya *Modern Senior Secondary School *Vyasa Vidyalaya School *Prakash Institute for NEET COACHING in Murukappan St, Swami Nagar Main Roadd *AIM Nursery and Primary School *Prince Matriculation Higher Secondary School *Immanuel Primary School *National Matriculation Higher Secondary School *A.j.s Nidhi Higher Secondary School *Indira Gandhi Matriculation School

Education Trust

*NAJA Educational and Social Charitable Trust *Alandur Baithulmaal Trust & Associations

Economy

MGR Market or Alandur grocery market is about 200 years old. It is located in the middle of MKN Road (MKN Road starts from Guindy and ends at Meenabakkam Airport in GST Road). Alandur grocery market was donated to local marketeers by

, a philanthropist and a former chief minister of Tamil Nadu.

Transportation

Alandur is well connected with road network system and round the clock bus facility is available. Kathipara Junction is at Alandur; there are several bus routes. It has the RTO for Meenambakkam at its former municipal building, which issues registration series TN-22. The nearest railway station is

St. Thomas Mount railway station St. Thomas Mount railway station, or Mount railway station, is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengalpattu section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It serves the neighbourhood of St. Thomas Mount and Pazhavanthangal, ...

; there are plans to accommodate five modes of public transport – suburban railway, Southern Railway, Metro Rail, MRTS and public buses. The St. Thomas Mount Railway station will be providing a facility to accommodate 1200 cars. This will be the first time that a commercial space of two floors will be attached with the transit station. The work is in-progress.

Politics

Alandur (State Assembly Constituency) Alandur is a legislative assembly in Chennai district and partially includes areas from Chengalpattu district and Kanchipuram District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 28. It consists of portions t ...

is part of

Sriperumbudur (Lok Sabha constituency) Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the parliamentary constituencies in Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 5 of 39. It has a very huge volume of voters with nearly twenty four lakhs. Assembly segments ...

References

{{Municipalities of Tamil Nadu Cities and towns in Chennai district Neighbourhoods in Chennai Suburbs of Chennai