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Thaiyur is a village located in Kanchipuram district

Kanchipuram district

Kanchipuram district is a district in the northeast of the state of Tamil Nadu in India. It is bounded in the west by Vellore and Thiruvannamalai districts, in the north by Thiruvallur District and Chennai District, in the south by Viluppuram District and in the east by the Bay of Bengal. It lies...

, 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...

, India

India

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, about 31.46 kilometres (19.5 mi) from 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...

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This is primarily an agricultural village. It is also famous for the salt production.

An engineering college Shree Motilal Kanhaiyalal Fomra Institute of Technology

Shree Motilal Kanhaiyalal Fomra Institute of Technology

Shree Motilal Kanhaiyalal Fomra Institute of Technology known as SMK Fomra Institute of Technology is an engineering institution located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The Institution is certified with ISO 9001:2000. Recently, the college has found itself in the news for all the wrong reasons...

is situated in this village.

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