Vinayagapuram
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Vinayagapuram is a municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

 in Tiruvallur district
Tiruvallur District
Tiruvallur district is an administrative district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The town of Thiruvallur is the district headquarters. The district has a mixture of urban and rural characteristics...

 in the India
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n state
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 of Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

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Location and Surroundings

Vinayagapuram is a Northern Suburb of Chennai city, Tamil Nadu, South India. Vinayagapuram is one of the good place in Chennai. Vinayagapuram is a residential area. This place is very calm and it is the best place for schools, colleges and shops. Within 5 to 10 minutes we can reach Anna Nagar, Perambur, Puzhal etc.

Kolkata National Highway touches this area. The main throughfares in the area are round ring road near Lucas tvs junction which connects all the four places like padi, Lakshmipuram(Sarawathi Nagar),anna nagar, puzhal, villivakkam.

And another notable bridge in Perambur which connects Iyanavaram/ICF, Kolathur, Brodaway/Central, Purasaiwalkam/Kilpauk.

Educational institutions

Vinayagapuram has a good number of educational institutions to the residents of the area. Most notable schools are Velammal Matriculation Higher Secondary School,Infant Jesus Matriculation School, Kings Matriculation School.

Transportation

Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) runs passenger buses to Vinayagapuram from other major parts of the Chennai city. Government has alloted place for bus terminus near by Vinayagapuram bus stand. The Bus routes operated from here are 142 to Broadway, 29 ext to Mandaveli.
Though the frequency of buses are less from vinayagapuram bus terminus, most commuters use to board the buses in Vinyagapuram bus stop where they can get more buses coming from Redhills.
Buses form redhills are 242 (redhills to broadway), C70 (redhills to guindy).

Share Autos play an important role for transportation here. As there is no railway line passing through Vinayagapuram, residents normally go to villivakam or Perambur (nearest railway station) to travel in trains.

Neighbourhoods

Puthagaram, Bala Vinayagar Kovil Street, Sri Kumaran Nagar, S.B.O.A teachers nagar,Secretariot colony, Saraswathy nagar, Surapet, Kalpalayam, Rettari, Teachers colony.

Temples and churches

This area is surrounded by lot of ancient and new temples like Bala Vinayagar Temple, Anicent Perumal Temple, Parvathi Amman Temple, Ayyappan Temple to name a few.
C.S.I church of new life in Jesus in Teachers Colony very popular among few churches.
E.C.I church,Zion Garden AG Church(Pastor.Victor Selvan),Bhavani nagar,vinayagapuram,Teachers colony

Hospitals

Lake view hospital and Maya hospital are the two important hospitals in Vinayagapuram.
CITY DENTAL CARE is a budding, multispeciality dental centre providing quality and economical dental treatment in Vinayagapuram. (near bus stand)

Apart from these, there are few Nursing homes and clinics in aiding the people here.

See also

  • Chennai Airport
  • Chennai Central
    Chennai Central
    Chennai Central , erstwhile Madras Central, is the main railway terminus in the city of Chennai . It is the home of the Southern Railway and the most important rail hub in South India. The other major railway hub stations in the city are Chennai Egmore and Tambaram...

  • Chennai Suburban Railway
    Chennai suburban railway
    Chennai suburban railway is a commuter rail system in the Indian city of Chennai operated by the Southern Railway. Chennai has a complex railway network. The system uses electrical multiple units operating on alternating current drawn from over-head cables through the catenary system...

  • Chennai district
    Chennai district
    The Chennai District is a district in the state of Tamil nadu, in India. It is the smallest of all the districts in the state, but has the highest population. The district is a city district which means that it does not have a district headquarters. Most of the city region of Chennai comes under...

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