South Chennai is the new southern neighbourhoods ofChennai city,India. It is roughly the neighbourhoods and suburbs that lie south of theAdyar River. None of these places were part ofChennai Corporation before 1947 and became part of Chennai before 1990 when they existed as separate local bodies.
South Chennai has two notified reserve forests and has a rich human history indicated by the presence of many palaeolithic, neolithic and megalithic remains. The South Chennai zone, with its head office atGuindy division comprisesGuindy,Mylapore,Velachery,Alandur andSholinganallur taluks.
