KKD Nagar, also known as Kaviyarasu Kannadasan Nagar, named after the Tamil poet

Kannadasan Muthiah Sathappan Chettiar better known as Kannadasan (; 24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981) was a poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor, philanthropist, and is heralded as one of the greatest and most important l ...

, is mainly a sub-residential locality of Kodungaiyur in the northern part of the metropolitan city of

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Location

KKD Nagar is located in North Chennai. National Highway 5 ( NH 5) borders this area in south. It is 8 km from

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. This place is near to the Grand Northern Trunk NTroad

Transport services

The bus services from/via Kaviarasu Kannadasan Nagar (KKD Nagar) bus terminal are: Kodungaiyur P6 Police Station and Electricity board office is situated on Sidco Main Road.

Schools and colleges

KKD Nagar and its surrounding has a number of educational institutions catering to the residents of the area. Most notable ones are * Sree Muthukumaraswamy College, Muthamizh Nagar Church * Thiruthangal Nadar College, Selavayal * Dr. Ambedkar Government Arts and Science College,

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* Sacred Heart Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Muthamizh Nagar * St.Joseph's Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Seetharam Nagar * Government High school, in K.K.D Nagar * Don Bosco Matriculation Higher secondary school, KKD Nagar, Erukkancherry,

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* Sri Sayee Vivekananda Higher Secondary School, Muthamil Nagar * Gurumoorthy High school * FES Matriculation Higher secondary school, Muthamil Nagar * Our Lady's Matriculation Higher Secondary School, M.R Nagar * Velankani Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Muthamil Nagar * Smt. N.D.J.A Vivekananda vidyalaya junior college (CBSC) * Lakshmi Narayana Matriculation school, Selavayal * Bharathi Nursery & Primary School, Block V, KKD Nagar * Mother Therasa Matriculation Higher Secondary School, KKD Nagar * Bharathi Nursery & Primary School, Block I, Muthamil Nagar * CSI Bain Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Muthamil Nagar * Radha Krishnan Matriculation Higher secondary school, Krishnamoorthy Nagar

Community halls

Community halls located in KKD Nagar include: * Seetha Ram Nagar Telugu People Welfare Association, Seetha Ram Nagar * Malaysia Mahal, Ethirajsamy salai, M.R. Nagar * A.B.Maaligai, Chinna kodungaiyur * Malathy Mahal, Muthamil Nagar * Eswari Mahal, Erukkancherry * Raj Hall, Sidco Main Road. KKD Nagar * Dana Bhackiyam Hall, Meenambal Salai, Vivekananda Nagar * S.K Mahal, Meenambal Salai, Vivekananda Nagar * Balaji Kalyana Mandapam, Kodungaiyur * Burma Mahal, Thiruthangal college Road, Selavayal * Indira Mahal, Ethirajsamy salai, M.R. Nagar * K.S. Mahal, M.R. Nagar * G.R Kalyana Mandapam, Kodungaiyur * R R Mahal, Muthamil Nagar * S.M Mahal, M.R.Nagar

Surroundings

References

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