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Chitlapakkam

Chitlapakkam is a residential locality located in Chennai Metropolitan Area governed by the Tambaram City Municipal Corporation.

Chitlapakkam
Chitlapakkam · Wikimedia Commons
The place

Chitlapakkam is a residential locality located in Chennai Metropolitan Area governed by the Tambaram City Municipal Corporation. It is well known for its small, perennial lake and adjoining ecosystems.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Chitlapakkam

10 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.

  1. 01
    Madras Christian College

    Madras Christian College is a liberal arts and sciences college in Chennai, India. Founded in 1837, MCC is one of Asia's oldest extant colleges.

    2.5 km · liberal arts and sciences college in Tambaram, India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Chitlapakkam aeri

    Chitlapakkam Aeri, or Chitlapakkam Lake, is an urban lake located in Chitlapakkam, Chennai, India. It is the chief water body in the neighbourhood.

    500 m · lake in India · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Government Hospital of Thoracic Medicine, Chennai

    Government Hospital of Thoracic Medicine, popularly known as the Tambaram TB Sanatorium, is a major state-owned hospital situated in Chennai, India. The hospital is funded and managed by the state government of Tamil Nadu.

    1.3 km · building in India · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Krishnadevaraya College of Dental Sciences and Hospital

    This is a list of dental colleges in India.

    2.5 km · dental college in India · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Chennai Om Sri Skandhashramam

    Chennai Om Sri Skandashramam is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Murugan in Chennai, India. It is located at Selaiyur, Tambaram, a southern neighbourhood of Chennai.

    2.1 km · temple in India · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Masjid-e-Anwari

    The Masjid-e-Anwari is a mosque located on the outskirts of South Chennai, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The mosque is situated in the suburb of Rajakilpakkam, between Velachery and Tambaram, in the Tambaram Municipality in the Chengalpattu district.

    2.4 km · mosque in India · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Ranganatha Temple, Thiruneermalai

    The Thiruneermalai temple complex consists of two temples, the Ranganatha Temple and the Thiruneermalai Neervanna Perumal Temple. Both are Hindu temples in Thiruneermalai, a suburb of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

    4 km · Hindu temple in Chennai · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Bharath University

    Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, also known as Bharath Institute of Science and Technology, informally referred to as Bharath University, and formerly known as Bharath Engineering College, is a private deemed university located in Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, India. It is also one of the universities recognized by the University Grants Commission.

    3.3 km · Indian institute of higher education located in Chennai · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Chromepet Flyover

    The Chrompet Flyover is an elevated rotary type interchange flyover that connects GST road with the Madras Institute of Technology gate in Chennai, India.

    1.1 km · bridge in India · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Kumaran Kundram

    Kumaran Kundram is a hillrock located at Chromepet, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. It houses an about 40-year-old temple dedicated to the Hindu God Murugan.

    900 m · temple in India · 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.

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Getting to Chitlapakkam

Airports
Chennai (MAA), 7 km · Tirupati (TIR), 101 km · Kempegowda Bengaluru (BLR), 265 km
Stations
Tambaram railway station, 2.5 km · Tambaram Air Force Station, 3.9 km · Chromepet railway station, 1.6 km · Pallavaram railway station, 3.8 km · Tambaram Sanatorium railway station, 800 m
  • Tirupati → Chitlapakkam
    114 km · quickest by road, 2h 30m · ₹1,010–1,260
  • Bengaluru → Chitlapakkam
    279 km · quickest by road, 4h 59m · ₹2,030–2,540
  • Tiruchirappalli → Chitlapakkam
    284 km · quickest by road, 4h 55m · ₹1,960–2,450
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Chitlapakkam

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 Chitlapakkam. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    VattavadaIN

    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    439 km
  2. 02
    KanthalloorIN

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    442 km
  3. 03
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    454 km
  4. 04
    NelliyampathyIN

    7 ways of moving, 26 sources

    462 km
  5. 05
    HampiIN

    8 ways of moving, 18 sources

    478 km

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Around it

Next door to Chitlapakkam

Chitlapakkam is 18 km from Ambattur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Tambaramcity within the Chennai Metropolitan Area3.2 km
  • Thiruneermalaisuburb in Kanchipuram district3.2 km
  • SembakkamVillage in Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu, India3.1 km
  • Chromepetneighbourhood in southern Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India1.6 km
  • Kadaperineighborhood in Chennai, India2.1 km
  • RajakilpakkamNeighbourhood in Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu, India3.2 km