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Neighbourhood in Chennai District, Tamil Nadu, India

Korattur

Korattur is a neighbourhood situated in the western part of Chennai.

Korattur
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The place

Korattur is a neighbourhood situated in the western part of Chennai. It is a part of the Ambattur Zone of Chennai Corporation and located along the Chennai-Bangalore/Mumbai railroad about 12 km from the Chennai Central. It is developed with Tamil Nadu Housing Board layouts similar to Anna Nagar. The southern section of Korattur located near Padi is often considered to be an integral part of Anna Nagar.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Korattur

Airports
Chennai (MAA), 14 km · Tirupati (TIR), 91 km · Kempegowda Bengaluru (BLR), 268 km
  • Tirupati → Korattur
    101 km · quickest by road, 2h 29m · ₹860–1,070
  • Bengaluru → Korattur
    281 km · quickest by road, 4h 58m · ₹2,090–2,610
  • Tiruchirappalli → Korattur
    85 km · quickest by road, 2h 16m · ₹720–890
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No local-transport research exists yet for Korattur

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 Korattur. 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

    456 km
  2. 02
    KanthalloorIN

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    459 km
  3. 03
    HampiIN

    8 ways of moving, 18 sources

    471 km
  4. 04
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    471 km
  5. 05
    NelliyampathyIN

    7 ways of moving, 26 sources

    477 km

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Around it

Next door to Korattur

Korattur is 3 km from Ambattur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.