Polichalur is a census town

Census town

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 in Kancheepuram district in the India

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n state

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 of Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

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. It is a suburb of Chennai

Chennai

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 and is located close to the Chennai Airport at Tirusulam

Tirusulam

Tirusulam is a suburb of Chennai, India. For administrative purposes, it is a census town in Kancheepuram district. The Chennai International Airport terminals are located here...

 on its south west side. It lies on the south banks of the Adyar River

Adyar River

Adyar or Adayar, originating near the Chembarambakkam Lake in Chengalpattu district, is one of the two rivers which winds through Chennai , South India, and joins the Bay of Bengal at the Adyar Estuary. The 42.5 km-long river contributes to the estuarine ecosystem of Chennai. Despite the high...

.There are many schools like Sri Sarada Eashwar Vidya Mandir,Marya Nivas etc.Agasteeswarar Temple which is called as North Thirunallaru is situated here.

Demographics

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, Polichalur had a population of 15,329. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Polichalur has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 84%, and female literacy is 73%. In Polichalur, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

History

Polichalur is the short, convenient, modern name for what was once called Pugazh Chola Nalloor (meaning Famous town of the Chola Kingdom

Chola Dynasty

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, in Tamil

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). This town was created in the 9th century AD by the Cholas, who gave the town its most recognizable landmark, the Agastheeswarar Temple. Till 1997 'Thaangal'(kuttai/ a small pond) was one of the important spots in this village; it homed the migratory birds during the rainy seasons; encroachment led to its disappearance. Of late Pozhichalur has become popular for cinema shooting; some scenes for movies 'Vettaikaran', 'Penn Singam', 'Ezhaam Arivu'...etc. have been shot here.Also Actors Santhanam's Native is Pozhichalur.

Temples

• Pozhichalur Agastheeswarar Temple (Vada Thirunallaaru, famous saneeswarar Temple only one temple in North Tamil Nadu) Temple website - www.pozhichalursaneeswarartemple.org (PHONE:044-32564022) Pallavaram Railway station is the nearest Railhead

• Sri. Pidari Kalliyamman temple Aalayam Kanden
• Sri. Thirumeneeswarar temple
• Sri. Perariyamman temple
• Sri Rama Anjaneyar Temple.
• Sri Vishnu Vinayagar Temple.
• Agastheeswarar temple (North Thirunallaaru)

Nearest Places

• Shankar Nagar
• Pammal
• Anakaputtur
• Pallavaram
• Cowl Bazar
• Chrompet
• Tambaram
• Selaiyur
• Kundrathur
• Maangadu
• Porur

Schools

• Marya Nivas matriculation school
• Sri Sarada Eashwar Vidya Mandir Mat.Hr.Sec.School
• Sri Shankara Vidyalaya
• Selva vignesh matriculation School
• Panchayat union middle school(Chitlapakkam Panchayat Union - Rural).
• Adi Dravidar welfare school
• JKM Matriculation School For Admissions Contact 044-22630580 Say Reference By Mr.Sathish
• Kidzee Pre school for Admission Contact 9443370386

Real Estate Booming

Polichalur was once under the threat of airport acquisition, so the land rate were dead cheap when compared to other neibouring places of chennai. But now this situation is changing since the airport expansion plan is reduced by not disturbing polichalur. just 3 km away from GST road/pallavaram railway station, 5 km from Chennai Airport main entrance, 9 km from Guindy kathipara junction, thickly populated, with the presence of >1000 yrs old Agatheeswarar temple, near by good schools, hospitals, transport facilities(road/Rail & airways), the flat rate are just Rs 2500/sqft(price includes everything) as against Rs3500/sqft in its neibourhood area, Pammal(Price are still low in Polichalur since people still have the fear of airport acquisition.