Kelambakkam | |
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Suburb of Chennai | |
 Sigapiachi Convention Centre | |
 Interactive map of Kelambakkam | |
| Coordinates:12°29′N80°08′E / 12.48°N 80.13°E /12.48; 80.13 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| Metro | Chennai |
| District | Chengalpattu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Postal code | 603103 |
Kelambakkam is a suburban and residential neighbourhood ofChennai,India. It is located in the south-eastern portion of the city along theOld Mahabalipuram Road (OMR), and is about 5 km fromSiruseri IT park and 12 km fromSholinganallur junction. It is another important junction after Sholinganalur, which connects GST road (Vandalur) and ECR road (Kovalam). Kelambakkam is considered as the Southern Gateway to Chennai city on OMR Road and comes under Zone-2 (Sholinganalur to Kelambakkam stretch) of OMR Road.
Metro Train project-Phase 2 is under process which connectsMadhavaram withSiruseri IT park (Deadline to be operational for this Corridor-3 by 2025).
The total population of Kelambakkam is around 20,000 and expected to be scaled up every year. The literacy rate of this locality is 90.88%. The sex ratio in Kelambakkam is 1,018. More families are migrating to Kelambakkam due to huge residential and commercial development, good ground water availability and easy accessibility to all parts of Chennai city with excellent road infrastructure. According to recent survey, Chennai city will have a population of 15 million people by 2030 (current population in 2023 is 12 million). Since population has already reached saturation point till Sholinganallur in OMR Road, more people (around 10 lakh people) will start migrating in Sholinganallur–Kelambakkam stretch till 2030.[1]
Due to rapid development, good water availability and excellent road infrastructure with easy accessibility to all parts of Chennai, lot of apartments and villas have been built in Kelambakkam. Also, Kelambakkam has witnessed lot of family migration in past few years. Proximity to employment opportunities, good asset appreciation, good road Infrastructure, proximity to beaches at ECR and other entertainment venues continues to attract more residents to this suburb.[citation needed]
Kelambakkam is well connected to almost all important destinations in Chennai city like T.Nagar, CMBT, Broadway, Central Railway station, Tambaram through frequent MTC bus services. New bus depot for Kelambakkam (Thaiyur) about 10 acres land is allotted for MTC bus shelter and also for new Kelambakkam bus terminus. On an average, MTC operates more than 400 bus services from Kelambakkam to all localities of Chennai city.
Also, Tamil Nadu government constructed Biggest Bus Terminus (45 acres) at cost of Rs 410 crore in Vandalur which takes just 20 minutes to reach through Vandalur-Kelambakkam road. This KMBT bus terminus will be largest bus terminus in Asia and became operational from 2023. All south bound buses has been shifted from CMBT to KMBT(Kalaignar Mofusil Bus Terminus).
Due to ever growing traffic in and around Kelambakkam, TNRDC constructed Kelamabakkam By-pass road which further improved road infrastructure and development of this region.
Metro Train project- Phase 2 is under process which connectsMadhavaram with Siruseri IT park(Deadline to be operational for this Corridor-3 by 2027). Once Metro train is operational, it will be game changer for overall development in OMR road.
