Kovilambakkam | |
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 Kovilambakkam Panchayat Office | |
  Kovilambakkam | |
| Coordinates:12°56′45″N80°12′05″E / 12.9457357°N 80.2014543°E /12.9457357; 80.2014543 | |
| Country | India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Chengalpattu andChennai |
| Metro | Chennai_Metro |
| Taluk | Tambaram andSholinganallur |
| Village panchayat | Kovilambakkam |
| President | Geetha Manimaran |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panchayat |
| • Body | Kovilambakkam Village Panchayat |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 27,374 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 600129 |
| Telephone code | 91-44 |
| Vehicle registration | TN-14 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Chennai South |
| Legislative Assembly constituency | Sholinganallur (state assembly constituency) |
| Website | https://chengalpattu.nic.in/(Governmental) |
Kovilambakkam is a southern suburb ofChennai,India. It is a village panchayat located inTambaram taluk,Chengalpattu district andSholinganallur taluk,Chennai district in the state ofTamil Nadu, about 26 km from Chennai city center and 12 km fromTambaram. The neighbourhood spans the areas of Sunnambu Kolathur (Madipakkam-B / Madipakkam-II revenue village), Chinna Kovilambakkam and Periya Kovilambakkam.
Kovilambakkam will be part ofTambaram City Municipal Corporation but there is confusion regarding Sunnambu kolathur as its revenue village Madipakkam-B is already part ofSholinganallur Taluk inChennai district[1] and Madipakkam-B VAO says that Madipakkam-B is part of Zone-14 ofGreater Chennai Corporation.
The neighbourhood is administered by the Kovilambakkam Village Panchayat, which is under control ofSt. Thomas Mount Panchayat Union,Chengalpattu district. The area and population of Kovilambakkam spans two revenue villages inTamil Nadu, namely, Koilambakkam (wards 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12) which comes underTambaram taluk inChengalpattu district and Sunnambu Kolathur / Madipakkam-B (wards 3, 4, 5) which comes underSholinganallur taluk inChennai District[1]).
Even though this is a rural area, 50% of kovilambakkam rural village panchayat (named Madipakkam-Bdisaster and revenue village) is under Zone-14 ofGreater Chennai Corporation (GCC) for Disaster and revenue purpose. So, whenever Madipakkam-B (aka Sunnambu kolathur) villagers request for flood / disaster relief like Michaung flood relief,Chennai district collector Tmt. Rashmi siddharth zagade, IAS takes the request and transfers it to Kovilambakkam rural village panchayat president throughDepartment of Municipal Administration and Water Supply thus ensuring that the Sunnambu Kolathur villagers never receive any disaster relief fromGovernment of Tamil Nadu
In December 2023,Cyclone Michaung caused 5.5 feet high floods in Viduthalai Nagar 2nd main road by building storm water drains to discharge water from Kovilambakkam and Sunnambu kolathur lakes to City Union Bank, Kovilambakkam branch. The storm water entered Viduthalai nagar 2nd main road instead of Narayanpuram lakes. This was 5 times the capacity of Narayanapuram lake and the outlet near A2B restaurant couldn't carry this water to marshland.
As of 2011[update] Indiacensus,[2] Kovilambakkam had a population of 27,374. Males constitute 13,935 of the population and females 13,439. There were 7,010 households. Kovilambakkam has an average literacy rate of 72.55%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 55.7%, and female literacy is 44.3%. In Kovilambakkam, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.
The neighbourhood has a lake known as the Kovilambakkam lake. It is connected with theNarayanapuram lake inPallikaranai by means of a 3.5-km-long surplus channel to drain rainwater.[3] The canal has a carrying capacity of 12,000 cusecs (cubic feet per second) of water.[3] However, there are complaints of sewage being dumped into the canal by theTambaram City Municipal Corporation[3]
Kovilambakkam is located along thePallavaram–Thoraipakkam 200-feet Radial Road.[4] It is also one of the areas that will be connected by the phase II network of theChennai Metro currently under construction.[5]
Areas surrounding the locality | |
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