Central Chennai is the part ofChennai city between theCoovum River and theAdyar River. While mostly grouped underSouth Chennai, Central Chennai is a term which has gained currency in recent times due to the rapid expansion of the city southwards.[1] Covering the eastern neighbourhoods ofRoyapettah,Chepauk,Teynampet,Alwarpet,Mylapore,Triplicane, Chindatripet andMandaveli, western neighbourhoods ofVadapalani,Virugambakkam,Valasaravakkam,Alapakkam,Maduravoyal,Mogappair andAmbattur, and central neighbourhoods ofNungambakkam,Kodambakkam,Mambalam,T. Nagar,Nandanam andSaidapet, Central Chennai is largely upper class-upper middle class. The eastern part is largely upper class with two of the costliest pieces of real estate - theBoat Club Road andPoes Garden being located here while the western part is mainly middle class. Kodambakkam is the location of the Tamil film industry orKollywood.
Central Chennai is made of old and well-established residential areas and is mostly overlooked by IT companies due to scarcity of vacant land and high real estate prices. The Central Chennai zone, with its head office at Ambattur, was included Ayanavaram, Aminjikarai, Maduravoyal, guindy and Egmore taluks. Mambalam is commonly called as one of the oldest village near Chennai.
