Minjur is a town located in the outskirts of North Chennai,

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. It is located in the Thiruvallur district in the

n state of

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. Minjur is called 'Vada Kanchi' meaning North Kanchipuram. The town has two famous temples for

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and

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, similar to Kanchipuram. The neighbourhood is served by Minjur railway station of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network.

Geography

Minjur is located at . It has an average elevation of 11

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s (36 feet). With

Ponneri Ponneri is a town located in Chennai Metropolitan Region, Thiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located in Ponneri taluk. Ponneri is major destination for Andhra Pradesh people to buy goods. Geography Ponneri is ...

as its north,

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as its west, Manali New Town, Manali and

Thiruvottiyur Tiruvottriyur (Thiruvottiyur or TVT) is a neighbourhood in North Chennai, administered by the Greater Chennai Corporation. It is part of the Tondiarpet division, located to the north of Chennai. It is one of the fifteen administrative zones in t ...

as its south, it is situated about 25 km from north of Chennai and well connected to that city with roadways and railways. Minjur is a well-developed town which comprises more than 20 villages around it with most villages underdeveloped in terms of roads, schools, and other amenities. Minjur belongs to

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Demographics

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, Minjur had a population of 23,947. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Minjur has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 71%. In Minjur, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age. Almost half the population dwells near and around Ponneri as almost all state government offices, magistrate, registrar office, and major banks are located at Ponneri. Minjur has a major vegetables market for people below the poverty line in the nearby villages. Minjur has also been a key residential area for many years for the Union Employees of Hinduja Group Companies located in Ennore and

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employees.

Temples

#Kamatchi Ekambaranathar Koil - situated in centre part of Minjur town. #Lord Shiva Temple #Minjur Varadaraja Perumal #Devadhanam Ranganathar Perumal Koil (5 km from North of Minjur in a small village named Devadhanam) on the way to "Neithavoyal". #BalaMurugan Tample ("Vallalar sabai" - minjur to kattur road 3 km distance in Neithavoyal) #Sri Panjamuga Gayathri Temple (Minjur to Kattur road 3 km distance in Neithavoyal) #Arulmigu Muppathamman Temple - Grama Devadai. #Arulmigu Ayyappa Temple #Anchunayar Temple #Pachai Amman Temple #Kulakarai Vinagayar Temple #

Thirumanangeeswarar Temple Thirumanangeeswarar Temple is a Hindu temple located in Melur, south of Minjur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The temple is dedicated to Thiruvudai Amman as its chief goddess (''Ichchaa Sakthi''). The temple is one of the Sakthi triad in the Tondaiman ...

-Thiruvudai Amman Temple (Ichcha Shakti) - 2 km from Minjur #Ellaiamman Temple #Mangalambikai Amman Temple #Sai Baba Temple - In Padmavathy Nagar #Sri Venugopalswamy Bajanai Mandhir, Venkata Reddy Palayam #Sri Varasitthi Vinayagar Temple, Venkata Reddy Palayam #Sri Karumari Amman Temple, Lakshmipuram 1st colony #Thai Moogambigai Temple, Ramana Nagar, B. D. Office #Sri Nagamallieswarar Sornambigai Temple, Nallur village #Sri Selva Vinagayar Temple, Nallur village #Sri Lakshmi Amman Temple, Nallur village #Sri Angala Amman Temple, Nallur village #Amudha Bala Abhirami Amman Temple, Balaji nagar #Sri Saelur Amman Temple, Nallur village #Semmavaram Jjalgandesawara Swamy Temple

Educational institutions

* Shree Chandra Prabhu Jain College

Growth

Minjur is one of the suburban places of Chennai which is highly growing in terms of Education, Industrialization, and Agriculture, which are expanding by leaps and bounds. Minjur, in its land area, is twice the size of

and thrice that of

which is very much near to Minjur. The

Minjur seawater desalination plant The Minjur Desalination Plant is a reverse osmosis, water desalination plant at Kattupalli village, a northern suburb of Chennai, India, on the coast of the Bay of Bengal that supplies water to the city of Chennai. Built on a 60-acre site, it i ...

, which supplies 100 million litres a day water to

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

city, was inaugurated on July 31, 2010. Outer Ring Road (ORR) which connects southern Chennai ( Vandalur on NH 45) to Minjur is a main part of the CMDA's Second Master Plan for the greater Chennai. Minjur can be reached using bus or train service.

References

{{Tiruvallur district Neighbourhoods in Chennai