Medavakkam is a southern suburb of
Chennai
Chennai, also known as Madras (List of renamed places in India#Tamil Nadu, its official name until 1996), is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Tamil Nadu by population, largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost states and ...
in Tambaram taluk of
Chengalpattu district
Chengalpattu District is one of the 38 List of districts of Tamil Nadu, districts of Tamil Nadu, in India. The district headquarters is located at Chengalpattu. Chengalpattu district came into existence on 29 November 2019 when it was carved out ...
, which is adjacent to the neighbourhoods of
Sholinganallur
Sholinganallur, also spelled Solinganalloor or Sozhinganalloor, is a southern suburb of Chennai, India.
Etymology
The etymology given by Tamil scholars is "Chola" + "Angam" + "Nallur", which indicates that Sholinganallur was once part of a Ch ...
,
Madipakkam
Madipakkam is residential locality situated in south of Chennai, India. It has been recently placed under the Greater Chennai Corporation.
Demographics
India census, Madipakkam had a population of 14,940. Males constitute 51% of the popula ...
,
Selaiyur,
Keelkattalai
Keelkattalai (also written as Kilkattalai or Keezhkattalai or "Keellhkattalai") is a suburb of Chennai, India and is part of the Chennai metropolitan area. Formerly a part of Pallavaram Municipality, it was merged into Tambaram City Municip ...
,
Velachery
Velachery is a neighborhood of Chennai. It is located in the southern part of the Chennai city sharing borders with Guindy in the north, Taramani in the east, Perungudi in the south-east, Pallikaranai wetland, Pallikaranai in the south, Madipa ...
and
Tambaram
Tambaram is a city located within the Chennai Metropolitan Area in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu. The city is governed by Tambaram City Municipal Corporation.
Etymology
Tambaram is an ancient town referred to as Taamapuram in an inscrip ...
and it is center place to the developing suburbs like Ponmar, Ottiyambakkam and
Sithalapakkam. Medavakkam is administered by Village Panchayat, which comes under the Shollinganallur MLA Constituency and South Chennai MP Constituency. Medavakkam will be part of
Tambaram City Municipal Corporation
Tambaram City Municipal Corporation (TCMC) is a local government of the City of Tambaram within the Chennai Metropolitan Area of Tamil Nadu, India. It covers an area of 87.64 sq. km in the Chengalpattu district, and has a population ...
. This location is a fast developing residential locality due to its close proximity to the IT corridor OMR (approx 4 km from Sholinganallur) and SEZ in Medavakkam Sholinganallur Road.
According to a 2012 report by global property consultant Knight Frank, the neighbourhood has emerged as India's 6th largest destination for investment in the residential real estate, in the list of 13-top residential destinations in the country from an investment point of view, where housing prices are expected to increase by 103 percent over the period 2012–2017.
References
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Chengalpattu district
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