Medavakkam is one among the southern suburbs 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...

, the capital city of Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

. It is a residential municipality close to the Chennai Airport and is adjacent to the suburbs of Sholinganallur

Sholinganallur

Sholinganallur is a suburb of Chennai located on the IT corridor south of Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.- Demographics : India census, Sholinganalur had a population of 15,519....

, Madipakkam, Selaiyur

Selaiyur

Selaiyur is a town near Tambaram, Chennai. This town is located on the Tambaram - Velachery Road. Once upon a time, this place was called as Silaiyur...

, Keelkattalai, 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 Tambaram

Tambaram

Tambaram is a suburb of Chennai situated 27 km south of the city in Tamil Nadu, India. It is an urban node. Tambaram is a hub to all major destinations in south Tamil Nadu as it lies on the busy Chennai–Trichy national highway. The highway and the railway line from Chennai Egmore to...

 and it is center place to the developing suburbs like Ponmar, Ottiyambakkam and Sithalapakkam

Sithalapakkam

Sithalapakkam is a suburb of south Chennai, India. It is about 3 km away from Medavakkam. Its new PIN is 600126. Its older PIN Codes were 600073 and 601302. On one side of Sithalapakkam there is a lake, on its rear side there is a hill. Some portion of this hill is cutout for sand and stone....

. This location seems to be a quickly developing residential spot due to its close proximity to the IT corridor OMR (approx 4 km from Sholinganallur) and SEZ in Medavakkam Sholinganallur Road. This is a residentially preferred area due to its calm and airy locality, sweet ground water and access to good educational intitutions.

Some of the areas in Medavakkam are Munusamy Nagar, Vimala Nagar, VGP Pushpa Nagar, Aishwarya Gardens, Aishwarya Garden Extn, Soumya Nagar,Jayachandran nagar, BHEL Nagar, Sairam Nagar, Veerabadra Nagar, Senthamizh Nagar, Sivakami Nagar. Jayachandran nagar alone constitutes a large number of apartments mainly occupied by IT professionals. The major roads linking Medavakkam junction are Velachery Tambaram Road, Medavakkam Mambakkam Main Road and Medavakkam Sholinganallur Road.

Many prime areas on GST road - Chrompet, Pallavaram

Pallavaram

Pallavapuram Municipality was constituted as a III Grade Municipality on 17.01.1970 vide G.o.No. 55 R.D. & L.A. Department dated 12.01.1970, by Combining the following Town Panchayats and Panchayats.* Zamin Pallavaram Town Panchayat* Issa Pallavaram Town Panchayat...

, St.Thomas Mount can be easily accessed from this junction.

Schools

Medavakkam has a number of schools catering to students from Kindergarten to Higher Secondary.

Few of them are:

• SAHASRAS PRESCHOOL, Montessori School, Aishwarya Gardens
• Apple kids, Jayachandran Nagar
• Kinderstand Pre School,Jayachandran Nagsr
• Global Kids, Jayachandran Nagar
• ABC Montessori(American Pre-school),VGP Pushpanagar
• Christ the King School, VGP Pushpa Nagar,Zigma Matriculation School, Veerabadra Nagar
• BS Matriculation School.
• St. Joseph's Matriculation School, Medavakkam Junction
• BVM Global at Bollineni Hillside
• PSBB Millennium at DLF Garden City
• Headstart at Sholinganallur
• Bharathi Vidyalaya (Perumbakkam Road)
• Boaz Matriculation (Tambaram Velacheri Road)
• Zigma Matriculation School
• Kidzee (No 1/630 A, Sowmiya Nagar, Sastha Nagar Main Road)
• Eurokids
• Little Millenium (No.7 & 8,11th Cross Street,Radha Nagar,Perumbakkam)
• Nethaji Vidyalaya Mambakkam Road

Colleges

Medavakkam is surrounded by the following colleges:

• Prince Shri Venkateshwara Padmavathy Engg College
• Prince Dr. k Vasudevan college of engineering and technology
• Quaid E Milleth College For Men
• New Prince Sri Bhavani Arts & Science College
• Bharani Swathi College of Physiotherapy
• Bharani Swathi College of Arts and Science

Hospitals

• Recently inaugurated Global Health City, Perumbakkam is very close to Medavakkam Junction,
• Kamakshi Memorial Hospital, Pallikkaranai is a nearby 24x7 multi-speciality hospital,
• Annai Therasa Hospital - Medavakkam - Sholinganaullr Road Junction,
• Balachandar Hospital - Mambakkam Road just opposite to Post Office,
• Karunya Hospital - Near to Gupta Bhavan.

Bakery & Sweets

Just Baked New No. 3/12, Sentamizh Nagar,
Velachery Main Road,
(Near Casa Grande Riviera Apartments)
Medavakkam, Chennai - 100


Hot Breads

Gupta Bhavan

Worship Places

Srinivasa Perumal Temple, Pillaiyar Koil Street, Medavakkam

Sahaya Madha Church, Medavakkam

Sai Baba Temple, Soumya Nagar

Arulmigu Sundara Vinayagar Temple,near medavakkam bus stand

Restaurants

• Sowmiya Bhavan,
• Gupta Bhavan,
• Chandra Bhavan,
• Juice shop close to Reliance Fresh,
• Thalappa Kattu Briyani

Connectivity

The main mode of transport and conveyance are MTC bus, Share autos, vans. The nearest railway stations are Velachery MRTS station and Tambaram

Tambaram

Tambaram is a suburb of Chennai situated 27 km south of the city in Tamil Nadu, India. It is an urban node. Tambaram is a hub to all major destinations in south Tamil Nadu as it lies on the busy Chennai–Trichy national highway. The highway and the railway line from Chennai Egmore to...

 Railway station and St.Thomas Mount RS placed equidistant from Medavakkam 8 km.

Medavakkam is well connected by MTC bus service. Most of the buses to Tambaram Via Velachery will pass through Medavakkam Junction.

There are plans to connect Medavakkam with Velachery by CMRL

Few of the busses plying through Medavakkam are:

Route No	From	To	Notes
5 A	Tambaram	T. Nagar	Medavakkam Jn., Velachery
51 D	Tambaram	Broadway	Medavakkam Jn., Velachery
51 L	Tambaram	CMBT	Medavakkam Jn., Velachery, Guindy
559	Keelkattalai	Thiruporur
A 5 A	T. Nagar	Balaji Nagar
A 51	Tambaram	Broadway	Medavakkam Jn., Velachery
B 51	Tamabaram East	T. Nagar	Medavakkam Koot Road, Madipakkam, St. Thomas Mount
C 51	Tambaram	Adayar
M 14	Medavakkam	St. Thomas Mount	Velachery
M 15	Medavakkam	Mylapore	Velachery
M 21	Velachery	Tambaram East
M 21 A	Velachery	Tambaram West
M 21 B	Velachery	Chrompet
M 51 B	Saidapet	Karanai
M 51 V	T. Nagar	Kolathur
PP 51	Tambaram	High Court	Medavakkam Jn., Velachery
T 51	Tambaram	Thiruvanmiyur	Medavakkam Jn., Thoraipakkam
V 51	Tamabaram East	T. Nagar	Medavakkam Koot Road, Madipakkam, Velachery

See also

• Nangamangalam Reserve Forest
  Nangamangalam Reserve Forest
  Nanmangalam Reserve Forest is a protected area located in the southern part of Chennai, about 24 km from the city centre. It is located at Medavakkam between Velachery and Tambaram. The reserve forest has an area of 320 hectares. However, the total area of the forest is 2,400 hectares.The...
  
  
• Medavakkam Information: http://sites.google.com/site/infomedavakkam