Chetpet (Chennai)

Chetpet is a neighbourhood in the Indian city of Chennai It is served by the Chetpet railway station in the Beach–Tambaram line of Chennai Suburban Railway. Chetpet has a pond between the Chetpet railway station and the Poonamallee High Road, one of the last surviving natural water bodies in the city. It is the locality in Chennai where the mathematician Ramanujan died.

History
Along with Egmore and Nungambakkam, Chetpet is considered one of the original villages merged by the British to form Chennai.

Development
Until recently, the waters of Chetpet lake supplied groundwater recharge for the surrounding neighbourhoods.

Location – Chetpet
Chetpet is located at the center of Chennai, not far from Egmore railway station. CMBT is 8 km from Chetpet.Chetpet Eco Park is a famous landmark in this loacality. The Karukatthaman Koil is one of the temples in the locality inaugurated on July 12th 1924.

Educational institutions

 * Auxilium Girls Higher Secondary School
 * Lady Andal Venkata Subba Rao Matriculation School
 * Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School
 * Madras Christian College Matriculation Higher Secondary School
 * Maharishi Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School
 * Sherwood Hall Senior Secondary School
 * The Madras Seva Sadan Higher Secondary School
 * Union Christian Matriculation Higher Secondary School
 * Chinmaya Vidyalaya Harrington Road