Minjur is a suburb located in the northern outskirts of

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. It is located in

Thiruvallur district Thiruvallur District, also spelled as Tiruvallur District, is one of the 38 districts (an administrative district) in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The fast developing city of Tiruvallur is the district headquarters. The district has a mixture ...

in the

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

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and

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, similar to

Kanchipuram Kanchipuram (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: '; ), also known as Kanjeevaram, is a stand alone city corporation, satellite nodal city of Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu in the Tondaimandalam region, from ...

. The neighbourhood is served by Minjur railway station of the

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Geography

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

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s (36

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). Bordered by

Ponneri Ponneri is a town located in Chennai Metropolitan Area, 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. It is a part of the area ...

in the north, Cholavaram in the 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 ...

in the 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 suburb 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

India

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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 73%: 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 Ennore, also spelt , is a neighbourhood in Chennai, India. Ennore is situated on a peninsula and is bounded by the Kosasthalaiyar River, Korttalaiyar River, Ennore Creek and the Bay of Bengal. The creek separates south Ennore from the north Enno ...

and Tamil Nadu Electricity Board 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 -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, which supplies 100 million litres a day water to

city, was inaugurated on July 31, 2010. Outer Ring Road (ORR) which connects southern Chennai (

Vandalur Vandalur is a suburb of the city of Chennai and a taluk in Chengalpattu district. The Arignar Anna Zoological Park is situated in the locality. The area is served by Vandalur railway station of the Chennai Suburban Railway network. Locati ...

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