List of neighbourhoods of Chennai

This is a list of areas and neighbourhoods in Chennai by region. The city is divided on the basis of composition into four major parts: North, Central, South and West. North Chennai is primarily an industrial area while some areas are residential. Central Chennai is the commercial heart of the city and the downtown area. South Chennai and West Chennai, previously predominantly residential areas are fast turning into commercial areas, hosting a large number of IT and financial companies along the GST Road, OMR and NH 48. North Chennai ends with the area Red Hills, West Chennai ends with the area Tiruninravur, South Chennai ends with the area Vandalur.

North Chennai

 * Anna Nagar
 * Red Hills
 * Royapuram
 * Korukkupet
 * Vyasarpadi
 * Perambur
 * Tondiarpet
 * Tiruvottiyur
 * Ennore
 * Minjur
 * Old Washermenpet
 * Madhavaram
 * Manali New Town
 * Naravarikuppam
 * Puzhal
 * Moolakadai
 * Kodungaiyur
 * Madhavaram Milk Colony
 * Mathur MMDA
 * Surapet
 * Parry's Corner
 * Manali
 * Vallalar Nagar
 * New Washermenpet
 * Mannadi
 * George Town
 * Basin Bridge
 * Park Town
 * Periamet
 * Pattalam
 * Pulianthope
 * M.K.B. Nagar
 * Selavoyal
 * Manjambakkam
 * Ponniammanmedu
 * Sembiam
 * T.V.K. Nagar
 * ICF Colony
 * Villivakkam
 * Lakshmipuram
 * Kathivakkam
 * Kathirvedu
 * Erukanchery
 * Broadway
 * Jamalia, Chennai
 * Kosapet
 * Otteri

West Chennai

 * Porur
 * Kovur
 * Aminjikarai
 * Ayanavaram
 * Ambattur
 * Kundrathur
 * Defence Colony
 * Mannurpet
 * Padi
 * Ayappakkam
 * Korattur
 * Mogappair
 * Arumbakkam
 * Avadi
 * Pudur
 * Maduravoyal
 * Koyambedu
 * Ashok Nagar
 * K.K. Nagar
 * Karambakkam
 * Vadapalani
 * Saligramam
 * Virugambakkam
 * Alwarthirunagar
 * Valasaravakkam
 * Thirunindravur
 * Pattabiram
 * Thirumangalam
 * Thirumullaivayal
 * Thiruverkadu
 * Nandambakkam
 * Nerkundrum
 * Nesapakkam
 * Nolambur
 * Ramapuram
 * Mugalivakkam
 * Mangadu
 * M.G.R. Nagar
 * M.G.R. Garden
 * Alapakkam
 * Poonamallee
 * Mowlivakkam
 * Gerugambakkam
 * CMDA Colony
 * Thirumazhisai
 * Iyyapanthangal
 * Sikkarayapuram
 * Sikkarayapuram

South and East Chennai

 * Teynampet
 * Thousand Lights
 * Gopalapuram
 * Mylapore
 * Chromepet
 * Egmore
 * Chetpet
 * Perungudi
 * Sholinganallur
 * Alandur
 * Adambakkam
 * Adyar
 * Besant Nagar
 * Triplicane
 * T. Nagar
 * Thiruvanmiyur
 * Saidapet
 * Guindy
 * Madipakkam
 * Nanganallur
 * Velachery
 * Taramani
 * Pallikaranai
 * Keelkattalai
 * Kovilambakkam
 * Thoraipakkam
 * Neelankarai
 * Injambakkam
 * Hastinapuram
 * Pallavaram
 * Pozhichur
 * Pammal
 * Nagalkeni
 * Tambaram
 * Selaiyur
 * Irumbuliyur
 * Kadaperi
 * Perungalathur
 * Pazhavanthangal
 * Peerkankaranai
 * Mudichur
 * Vandalur
 * Kolappakkam
 * Mambakkam
 * Palavakkam
 * Varadharajapuram
 * Medavakkam
 * West Mambalam
 * Kottivakkam
 * Pudupet

Suburban Chennai
Suburban Chennai includes almost half of the places in the districts of Kancheepuram, Tiruvallur, Ranipet and Chengalpattu. Together with the Chennai City district, they form the Chennai metropolitan area.

Northern Suburbs of Chennai

 * Gummidipoondi
 * Pazhaverkadu
 * Ponneri
 * Athipattu
 * Sholavaram
 * Minjur
 * Red Hills
 * Ennore

Western Suburbs of Chennai

 * Tiruvallur
 * Kadambathur
 * Arakkonam
 * Tiruttani
 * Tamaraipakkam
 * Sriperumbudur

Southern-Eastern Suburbs of Chennai

 * Chembarambakkam
 * Singaperumalkoil
 * Maraimalai nagar
 * Urapakkam
 * Guduvanchery

Suburbs along ECR and OMR of Chennai

 * Karapakkam
 * Kanathur
 * Uthandi
 * Muthukadu
 * Kelambakkam
 * Kovalam
 * Siruseri

Satellite Towns
Although technically not belonging to the Chennai Metropolitan area, many of these satellite towns are referred to as being within Chennai.

The State government will decide on the expansion of the Chennai Metropolitan Area (CMA) before the end of this fiscal, R. Vaithilingam, Minister for Housing and Urban Development, told the Assembly on 25 August 2011. In view of the fast-paced development taking place in areas beyond the present metropolitan area jurisdiction, like Sriperumbudur, Kelambakkam, Tiruvallur and Mahabalipuram, it had become necessary to review the Chennai Metropolitan Planning Area that was notified in 1973-74, he said.


 * Gummidipoondi (NH 5)
 * Tiruvallur (NH 205)
 * Sriperumpudur (NH 48)
 * Mahabalipuram (ECR)
 * Chengalpattu (NH 45, GST Road)

Important Roads of Chennai

 * Anna Salai (Mount Road) (NH-45)
 * Poonamallee High Road (NH-48)
 * Inner Ring Road (100 Feet road or Jawaharlal Nehru road) (SH-2)
 * Kamarajar Salai (Marina Beach road)
 * Cenotaph Road
 * North Usman Road
 * South Usman Road
 * Bazullah Road
 * Chennai Bypass Road (puzhal-perungalathur)
 * Habibullah Road
 * Arcot Road (SH-113)
 * Mount-Poonamallee Road (SH-55)
 * Nungambakkam High Road
 * Outer Ring Road
 * Peters Road
 * Sardar Patel Road
 * Smith Road
 * Whites Road
 * Pallavaram - Kundrathur - Poonamallee Road (SH-113A)
 * Pallavaram - Thuraipakkam Radial Road (SH-109)
 * Velachery Main Road
 * Vanagaram-Ambattur-Puzhal Road
 * Tambaram Mudichur road (SH-48)
 * East Coast Road (SH-49)
 * Rajiv Gandhi Salai (Old Mahabalipuram Road) (SH-49A)
 * Chennai-Tiruvallur High Road (NH-205)
 * Erukkancherry High Road (NH-5)
 * Grand Southern Trunk Road (GST Road) (NH-45)
 * GST Road
 * Avadi–Poonamalle–Mount High road (SH-55)
 * Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR)
 * 200 feet Radial Road
 * Poonamallee - Thiruninravur (SH-50)
 * Poonamallee - Pattabiram High road (SH-206)
 * Wallajah Road, Chennai
 * Grand Northern Trunk Road (GNT Road) (NH-5)
 * Thiruvotriyur High Road
 * Thiruvotriyur High Road