Chinnasekkadu
Chinnasekkadu is a neighbourhood of Chennai in Chennai district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
Chinnasekkadu is a neighbourhood of Chennai in Chennai district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Chinnasekkadu used to be a town panchayat in Thiruvallur district. In 2011, the Chinnasekkadu town Panchayat was merged with Chennai Corporation. Chinnasekkadu comes under ward 29 in Zone 3 (Madhavaram) of Chennai Corporation.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Chinnasekkadu
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
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- 04Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
State public university in Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, India
1.9 km · Wikipedia
Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Getting to Chinnasekkadu
- Airports
- Chennai (MAA), 22 km · Tirupati (TIR), 94 km · Kempegowda Bengaluru (BLR), 277 km
- Stations
- Tiruvottiyur railway station, 3.8 km · V. O. C. Nagar railway station, 3.8 km · Madhavaram Depot metro station, 2.7 km
- Tirupati → Chinnasekkadu105 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · ₹830–1,040
- Bengaluru → Chinnasekkadu289 km · quickest by road, 5h 11m · ₹2,170–2,710
- Tiruchirappalli → Chinnasekkadu311 km · quickest by road, 5h 24m · ₹2,170–2,710
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Chinnasekkadu
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Chinnasekkadu. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe two terminals are near each other, and it is better to tell your exact destination to the taxi/auto-rickshaw driver.
- Get inThe two terminals are near each other, and it is better to tell your exact destination to the taxi/auto-rickshaw driver.
- Get aroundThe fares of Chennai auto-rickshaws have been an enormous political topic for many years and have contributed to the perception that the city's auto-rickshaw drivers never use meters and continually fleece passengers.
- Get aroundHowever, despite the reputation, trips by auto rickshaw actually are quick, but rarely based on the metered price.
- Get aroundAuto rickshaw meters are being outfitted with GPS and electronic digital receipt printers.
From Wikivoyage: Chennai, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Chinnasekkadu
Chinnasekkadu is 9 km from Chennai, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- AndarkuppamVillage in Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu, India3.4 km
- Madhavaram Milk Colonyhuman settlement in Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu, India2.7 km
- Madhavaram taluktaluk in Chennai district, Tamil Nadu, India2.7 km
- Mathurhuman settlement in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India2.3 km
- VinayagapuramVillage in Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu, India2.7 km
- Vaikkaduneighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India2.3 km