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Sengundram

Sengundram, known in English as Red Hills, is a suburb in the northwestern part of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India in Thiruvallur District.

The place

Sengundram, known in English as Red Hills, is a suburb in the northwestern part of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India in Thiruvallur District.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Sengundram

3 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
    Puzhal Lake

    Reservoir in Puzhal, India

    3.8 km · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Puzhal Central Prison

    Building in India

    2.6 km · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Madhavaram Junction

    Bridge in India

    4 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.

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Getting to Sengundram

Airports
Chennai (MAA), 22 km · Tirupati (TIR), 87 km · Kempegowda Bengaluru (BLR), 270 km
  • Tirupati → Sengundram
    Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
  • Bengaluru → Sengundram
    Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
  • Tiruchirappalli → Sengundram
    Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Sengundram

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 Sengundram. 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

    463 km
  2. 02
    KanthalloorIN

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    466 km
  3. 03
    HampiIN

    8 ways of moving, 18 sources

    468 km
  4. 04
    SuryanelliIN

    6 ways of moving, 18 sources

    478 km
  5. 05
    NelliyampathyIN

    7 ways of moving, 26 sources

    483 km

If you know how people move in Sengundram – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Sengundram

Sengundram is 11 km from Ambattur, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • NaravarikuppamVillage in Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu, India3.6 km
  • Puzhaltown in Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu, India2 km
  • PadianallurVillage in Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu, India2.3 km
  • Senthil NagarNeighbourhood in Chennai district, Tamil Nadu, India2 km
  • Kavankaraineighbourhood in Chennai district, Tamil Nadu, India1.8 km
  • Chettimedu, Chennaineighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India2.7 km