Moovarasanpattu is a

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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 ...

and part of the Chennai metropolitan area in the

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Demographics

India

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, Moovarasanpet had a population of 9672 persons. Males constitute 50.68% of the population and females 49.32%. Moovarasanpet has an average literacy rate of 82.7%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 86%, and female literacy is 79.2%. This town is one of the few which has walled its town water tank to prevent it from being used for real estate development. Most neighboring towns have converted their water tanks to Public transportation stations (buses) or apartments. This area comes under St. Thomas Mount Panchayat Union. There are demands to merge with

Greater Chennai Corporation Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) is a local government for the City of Chennai in the Chennai Metropolitan Area of Tamil Nadu, India. Inaugurated on 29 September 1688, under a royal charter issued by James II of England, King James II of Eng ...

for long time as near by areas like

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have been merged in 2011.

Economy

Moovarasanpet was considered as the hub for Quarrying, but it is banned. The main business there now is stone crushing units/crushers where trucks bring in stone loads and get them crushed as blue metals in these units. There are many people from here who work in IT industries.

Transportation

Moovarasanpet is well connected by roads from

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Tirusulam Tirusulam is a southern suburb of Chennai and a census town in Chengalpattu district falling within the Chennai metropolitan area, adjoining the Chennai International Airport, with the cargo terminal located at the adjacent Meenambakkam. Th ...

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. Metro Moovarasanpet is connected by Meenambakkam metro station which comes under the Blue Line, which is a part of the

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, was introduced in 2016. It runs between Chennai International Airport and

Washermanpet Vannarapettai () is a northern neighbourhood of Chennai, India. It is also known as Pazhaya Vannarapettai (), sometimes shortened as Vannai. It is located north of Parrys Corner and adjacent to Royapuram. Washermanpet is famous for its jewelr ...

, as a part of Blue Line. Moovarasanpet will also be connected through by Chennai Metro Rail Phase 2, Line 5 which will be passing through Madhavaram - Shollinganallur, the residents can connect through Puzhuthivakkam, Madipakkam Koot Road, Kilkattalai Metro Stations respectively, works is expected to start from 2021.

Education

There are some of the Schools in the Moovarasanpet area *Government Primary school *Government Higher Secondary School *Brilliant Matriculation Higher Secondary School *Kalaimagal Mat. Hr. School

References

Cities and towns in Chengalpattu district {{Chengalpattu-geo-stub

Demographics

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Transportation

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