Kathivakkam
Katthivakkam is an residential and industrial area located in the northern part of Chennai.
Katthivakkam is an residential and industrial area located in the northern part of Chennai. It is a part of zone 1 in Greater Chennai Corporation. It is under Thiruvottiyur taluk in Chennai district. It is a part of Thiruvottiyur(state assembly constituency) and Chennai North. Formerly a town and a municipality of Thiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, it has now been absorbed by Chennai city in September 2011 and within Chennai District limit since January 2018. The neighbourhood is served by Katthivakkam railway station. As of 2011, the town had a population of 36,617.
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Worth seeing in and around Kathivakkam
2 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.
- 01Vallur Thermal Power Station
Vallur Thermal Power Station is a power plant located in Vallur, Chennai, Thiruvallur district, India. The power plant is operated by NTPC Tamil Nadu Energy Company Limited, a joint venture between NTPC Limited and Tamil Nadu Power Generation Corporation Limited and has three units with 500 MW each.
3.5 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 02Ennore Thermal Power Station
The Ennore Thermal Power Station is a coal based power plant located in Chennai Ennore, Tamil Nadu.
700 m · building in India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kathivakkam
- Airports
- Chennai (MAA), 29 km · Tirupati (TIR), 97 km · Kempegowda Bengaluru (BLR), 283 km
- Stations
- Wimco Nagar metro station, 3 km · Wimco Nagar Depot metro station, 2.5 km · Tiruvottriyur metro station, 3.9 km · Ennore railway station, 1.6 km · Kathivakkam railway station, 0 m
- Tirupati → Kathivakkam108 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · ₹880–1,110
- Bengaluru → Kathivakkam296 km · quickest by road, 5h 20m · ₹2,230–2,790
- Tiruchirappalli → Kathivakkam319 km · quickest by road, 5h 33m · ₹2,230–2,790
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Kathivakkam
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 Kathivakkam. 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 Kathivakkam
Kathivakkam is 14 km from Chennai, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Ennoreneighborhood in India1.5 km
- SadayankuppamVillage in Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu, India3.4 km
- Wimco Nagar railway stationOne of Suburban Railway stations, near Tiruvottiyur (neighborhood of Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India.2.9 km
- Periya Kuppam, EnnoreNeighbourhood in Chennai district, Tamil Nadu, India1.2 km
- Ernavoorhuman settlement in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India2.4 km