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Kallikuppam | |
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Neighbourhood | |
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| Coordinates:13°07′52″N80°10′30″E / 13.130973°N 80.174862°E /13.130973; 80.174862 | |
| Country |  India |
| State |  Tamil Nadu |
| District | Chennai |
| Metro | Chennai |
| Zone | Ambattur Zone No 7 |
| Ward | kallikuppam (Ward 82) |
| Elevation | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil,english |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 600053 |
| Telephone code | 044 |
| Vehicle registration | TN-13 |
| Planning agency | CMDA |
| City | Chennai |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Sriperumbudur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Ambattur |
Kallikuppam is a locality inAmbattur (Ward 82 ofChennai corporation), which is a large neighbourhood inChennai City.
Kallikuppam has developed from being a rural area along the Ambattur - Redhills high road to become one of the important residential localities of Ambattur and Closer to Villivakkam, Korattur, Anna Nagar, Madhavaram, Puzhal, Padi and Avadi, . It was a part of the erstwhile Ambattur Municipality till October 2011.Now as per a G.O., Kallikuppam has become a part of the zone 7,Ambattur, of theChennai Corporation. Kallikuppam has escalated itself from being a less-known suburb to a decent suburban centre with many iconic projects such as Lake Dugar Towers project Opp Tata Communications and is fast developing on par with the other localities like Anna Nagar. For instance proper roads with reflectors (seen only on ECR) have been completed and theCorporation of Chennai has been carrying on various infrastructure projects.[citation needed]
Kallikuppam is part of theAmbattur (state assembly constituency) andSriperumbudur (Lok Sabha constituency).
Ambattur fire station is the nearest fire station.[citation needed]
Kallikuppam falls under the jurisdiction of theGreater Chennai Police, West zone, headquartered at Ambattur Industrial Estate.Ambattur Police station. There is a police booth on Kadappa road in Kallikuppam and redhills road near ayappan temple.[citation needed]
Sir Ivan Stedeford Hospital is a modern multi-speciality hospital in Ambattur. The hospital is named after Sir Ivan Stedeford, the British industrialist and philanthropist. The hospital was inaugurated on 25 February 1966, and then managed by the AMM Foundation. It is situated 4 km from the Kallikuppam tea shop bus stop on the Ambattur–Avadi road, about a kilometer from the Ambattur—Red Hills Road intersection. There are many small hospitals and clinics available near Kallikuppam.[citation needed]
Though Kallikuppam has a good number of bus commuters, it still does not have its own bus terminus, however there is a pending proposal to set up a bus terminus at Kallikuppam. Bus services are there to/froPoonamallee (62),Avadi (62), (77M & 77d)Koyambedu,Vallalar Nagar (248A & 248p),Tambaram(104),Villivakkam-Pudur (S43) (and few private buses to Kanchipuram and Red Hills). Recently operating (S67) Villivakkam to Kallikuppam. Share cabs remain the biggest logistics and transport service providers in Kallikuppam.[citation needed]
TheChennai-Tiruvallur High Road (CTH Road or NH205) passes through 3 km in kallikuppam and theChennai-Kolkata highway is just about 7 km from the place making it a strategic location. On an average, about 40,000 passenger car units use the CTH Road.[16] The new Chennai Bypass road between Maduravoyal and Madhavaram passes through kallikuppam. It connects NH4 with NH5 and NH205 via kallikuppam.[citation needed]
TheChennai Central-Arakkonam railway line passes throughAmbattur and has two railway stations in the neighbourhood. Ambattur railway station serves the residential areas andPattaravakkam railway station serves the Ambattur Industrial Estate area. Suburban Broad Gauge EMU trains operate daily from Chennai Central andChennai Beach toAvadi,Tiruvallur,Pattabiram Military Siding, Arakkonam andTiruttani via Ambattur. By rail, Ambattur is 30 minutes from Chennai Central, 20 minutes fromPerambur and 10 minutes fromVillivakkam. Many fast EMU locals (suburban trains) towards Tiruvallur, Arakkonam and Tiruttani, stop at Ambattur railway station, but fast local trains towards Chennai central do not halt at Ambattur. By fast local train it takes 25 minutes from Chennai Central. There has been a long pending request to the extension of timing of a Passenger reservation counter at Ambattur.[citation needed]
Kannan Theatre near senthil nagar was closed and being converted to Dolphin Sports Academy. Parks include Thangal lake park near Anjalamaram, Krishnapuram Corporation Park (renovated in October 2009) and the Thiruvengada Nagar Corporation Park (opened on 11 October 2013), Chennai corporation Park Hindustan motor nagar (Kallikuppam) Opened.[citation needed]
Some notable schools are
Some notable Colleges near Kallikkuppam are
