Kilpauk is a semi residential area located in

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, India. The distance from Chennai's city to Kilpauk is about 6 km. The region is situated off the

Poonamallee High Road EVR Periyar Salai (EVR High Road), earlier known as Poonamallee High Road (NH 48) and originally the Grand Western Trunk Road, is an arterial road in Chennai, India. It is the longest road in Chennai. Running from east to west, the road start ...

in the west. Adjacent areas of Kilpauk include

Chetpet Chetput is a major town and a municipality in Tiruvannamalai district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Chetput's major economical activity is processing paddy and the town is home to one of the largest organised paddy exchange market of the s ...

, Kellys,

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, Ayanavaram,

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and

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. The nearest railway station for Kilpauk is the one at Chetpet. This railway station lies to the south of Kilpauk and not more than a kilometre away. There are two metro stations which connects to Kilpauk, they are Nehru Park and Kilpauk (entrance of the Kilpauk Medical College). The Chennai Airport is about 18 km from Kilpauk. This place was a cantonment area for

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troops before India's independence. Today this locality is known as "Little Korea" due to the Korean population residing in this area. The neighbourhood has a historical water-treatment plant. On the other end, to the west, is the Institute of Mental Health, one of the oldest mental asyla in the continent, visited by

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Localities

* Kilpauk Garden * Kelly's Corner * Aspiran Garden * Secretariat Colony

Educational Institutions

*Seth P D Hinduja Sindhi Model Senior Secondary School *C S I Bain school *Bhavan's Rajaji Vidyashram *Chinmaya Vidyalaya *Kola Saraswati *Rukmani Vidyalaya changed as Ramachandra *MES Razeena Matriculation Higher Secondary School Both the Directorate of Medical Education and Government

Kilpauk Medical College Government Kilpauk Medical College (GKMC), founded in 1960, is a government medical institution in India. There are four hospitals attached to GKMC - Government Kilpauk Medical College Hospital. They are Government Royapettah Hospital, Gover ...

are located on EVR Periyar Salai. Kilpauk is also well known for engineering college head offices, including Rajalakshmi Institutions and Sree Sastha Institute of Engineering and Technology. Rajalakshmi Institutions Main Head Office

Rajalakshmi Institutions Main Head Office

References

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