General Kumaramangalam Colony (also known as G.K.M. Colony) is a sub-neighbourhood of

Perambur Perambur is a neighbourhood located in the northern region of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Etymology In Tamil language, Tamil, ''pirambu (பிரம்பு)'' means bamboo, and ''oor (ஊர்)'' means city or place. Before British Raj, B ...

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. It was initially created as a

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for ex-

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persons. It is named after

Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam General Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam, DSO, MBE, FRHS (1 July 1913 – 13 March 2000) was the 6th Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) of the Indian Army from 1967 to 1969. He was one of the last British-trained King's Commissioned Indian O ...

, a former

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Chief of Staff. This area is also known as "Butt Medu", as there used to be small hill made of mud for the army people to practice

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and once the military camps were removed in early 70's, the mud hill was made flat and the new residential area was developed.

Location

The area goes from the right side of Perambur Loco Works railway station end to the

Villivakkam railway station Villivakkam railway station is a railway station on the Chennai Central–Arakkonam section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network a city of Chennai in India. Located 9 km from Chennai Central, Chennai Central railway station, the station ...

. This place forms a part of the newly created Constituency " Kolathur". The area was basically developed as residential, but now a few small commercial establishments have emerged.

Nearby places

Villivakkam Villivakkam is a neighbourhood of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is served by the Villivakkam railway station on the Chennai Central–Arakkonam suburban section. Villivakkam is the largest state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu in terms of ...

** Kolathur (Chennai) ** Periyar Nagar **

Peravallur Peravallur is a developed residential area, located on the north - western corner of Madras (renamed to Chennai), a metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu state, India. Out of 1018 places to be renamed by the government of Tamil Nadu, Peravallur is the ...

Jawahar Nagar Jawahar Nagar (), named after the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, is a developed residential area in North Chennai, a metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu, India. Location Jawahar Nagar is located near Kolathur, Peravallur and Pe ...

** Agaram, Chennai ** Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar **

Sembium Sembium is a Neighbourhood in Chennai, near to Perambur and a developed residential area in North Chennai, a metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu, India, located at an altitude of 9 m above mean sea level. Sembium was a municipality ( Sembium-Ay ...

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Worshipping places

There are

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es,

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s and many catholic grottos.

Water resource

A small pond in between street 9 and street 10 & a large pond between street 24 and street 25 serve the people for their needs.

Transport

Road transport

Though the infrastructure is reasonable, the Public Road Transport is not well developed. The community is depending on buses from either

, I C F or Periyar Nagar Bus Terminus. Further connecting to this area from South West is hindered by a Level Crossing (which is the first level crossing in the route from

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towards

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). Nearby Bus terminuses include Thiru.Vi.Ka. Nagar bus terminus and Perambur bus terminus.

Rail transport

There is a railway station nearby called Perambur Loco Works railway station. Other nearer railway stations are

, Perambur Carriage Works railway station and

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Education

There are two Chennai Schools and a few government run

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s (''Balvadis'').

Medical amenities

There is also a public hospital nearby.

Specialities

There is a temple for former Chief Minister of TamilNadu, Dr. M.G.R.; this is the first temple for an actor in Tamil Nadu. There is a family of Anglo-Tamil decent living in 8th street. Veterans' facilities Neighbourhoods in Chennai {{Chennai-geo-stub