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Jawahar Nagar

Jawahar Nagar, named after the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, is a developed residential area in North Chennai, a metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu, India.

Jawahar Nagar
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Jawahar Nagar, named after the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, is a developed residential area in North Chennai, a metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu, India.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Jawahar Nagar

Airports
Chennai (MAA), 15 km · Tirupati (TIR), 94 km · Kempegowda Bengaluru (BLR), 273 km
  • Tirupati → Jawahar Nagar
    441 km · quickest by air, 5h 37m · ₹6,400–9,630
  • Bengaluru → Jawahar Nagar
    515 km · quickest by air, 6h 25m · ₹6,980–10,470
  • Tiruchirappalli → Jawahar Nagar
    745 km · quickest by air, 7h 35m · ₹8,380–12,720
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No local-transport research exists yet for Jawahar Nagar

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

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

    6 ways of moving, 19 sources

    459 km
  2. 02
    KanthalloorIN

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    462 km
  3. 03
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    474 km
  4. 04
    HampiIN

    8 ways of moving, 18 sources

    475 km
  5. 05
    NelliyampathyIN

    7 ways of moving, 26 sources

    481 km

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Next door to Jawahar Nagar

Jawahar Nagar is 6 km from Chennai, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.