Adambakkam is a suburb

Suburb

The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...

 of Chennai

Chennai

Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

, a city located on the east coast of South India. It is a thickly populated suburb close to the St. Thomas Mount Railway Station. Adambakkam is surrounded by suburbs such as Alandur

Alandur

At the 2001 India census, Alandur had a population of 146,154. Males constituted 51% of the population and females 49%. Alandur had an average literacy rate of 84%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 53% of the males and 47% of females literate. 10% of the population was under 6 years...

, Palavanthangal

Palavanthangal

Pazhavanthangal is a southern suburb of Chennai, India. It is also the name of the railway station in the Beach-Tambaram suburban railway route in Chennai...

, Nanganallur

Nanganallur

Nanganallur has been one of the southern suburbs of Chennai till September 2011, but it is now a part of Chennai Corporation in Tamil Nadu. It is a residential area close to the Chennai International Airport.- Demographics:...

, Vanuvampet, Puzhuthivakkam

Puzhuthivakkam

Puzhuthivakkam , commonly known as Ullagaram-Puzhuthivakkam is one of the southern suburbs of Chennai. Though near Chennai, it is a town in Kancheepuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.It neighbours the suburbs of Madipakkam, Adambakkam, Velachery, Pallikaranai and Nanganallur. This...

, Velachery

Velachery

-Geography:Velachery has mostly areas of hard rock, and a big marshland in the southern region of the area. It is said that this marshland was once a natural bird sanctuary. But nowadays, due to encroachment and rapid real estate development, the sanctuary has disappeared. Even today there is a big...

 and Guindy

Guindy

Guindy is one of the important neighbourhoods of Chennai , Tamil Nadu, India. It is located in the South-Western part of the city. It is the entry point or the gateway to Chennai city from the Southern parts of Tamil Nadu and the South Western suburbs of Chennai...

. The residents mostly belong to the middle and upper middle classes. Unlike many other suburbs in Chennai, this place has many individual houses and it makes an ideal residential place.