Sungai Lalang

Sungai Lalang (abbreviated Sg. Lalang) is a small town in Kuala Muda District, Kedah, Malaysia. It is located 5 kilometer north from Sungai Petani. Sg. Lalang River (Sungai Sg. Lalang) situated in this town flows into the Merbok River (Sungai Merbok).

Postcodes
People in Sungai Lalang uses two different postcodes, mainly differing by the generation of an area within Sungai Lalang; the older areas use the postcode of Bedong, 08100 whereas recently developed areas use postcode of Sungai Petani, 08000. Generally, either postcodes are safe to use in the whole area of Sungai Lalang, with higher tendency to use 08000.

Residential
Sungai Lalang houses a few sections of neighbourhood parks (taman) and a few villages (kampung), they are as follow: • Aman Suria

• Ambangan Heights

• Bukit Bayu

• Bukit Lembu

• Kampung Baru Sungai Lalang (North, South)

• Kampung Ikan Bilis

• Kampung Pinang Dalam

• Kampung Pinang Luar

• Kampung Sebelas

• Kampung Sungai Getah

• Kampung Tanah Seribu

• Permata Hill Park

• Seroja Parkhomes

• Taman Aman Jaya

• Taman Bandar Baru Sungai Lalang

• Taman Bayu Indah

• Taman Bistari Jaya

• Taman Bistari Utama

• Taman Gemilang

• Taman Desa Aman

• Taman Desa Budiman

• Taman Desa Permai

• Taman Lembah Permai

• Taman Makmur

• Taman Merpati

• Taman Palma Aman

• Taman Perbandaran Sungai Tukang

• Taman Permai Bistari

• Taman Seri Bayu

• Taman Seroja

• Taman Sri Wangi

• Taman Sungai Lalang

Commercial
Most of the residencies in Sungai Lalang has a few dedicated lot or blocks for stores and services. A few notable store and services available in Sungai Lalang includes:
 * 7-Eleven convenient store
 * Caltex petrol station
 * Fresh market of Sungai Lalang
 * Pasar Malam Ambangan Heights
 * Pasar Malam Bandar Baru Sungai Lalang
 * Pasar Malam Taman Desa Aman Sungai Lalang
 * Pasar Malam Taman Desa Permai Sungai Lalang
 * Perodua vehicle service centre
 * Petronas petrol station
 * Police station of Sungai Lalang
 * Pusat Mel Sungai Petani (Mail Processing Centre Sungai Petani)
 * Shell Sungai Lalang petrol station
 * Shell Aman Jaya petrol station
 * YaPEIM store

Industrial
The following industrial areas are situated in Sungai Lalang:
 * Kawasan Perindustrian Sungai Lalang
 * Kawasan Perusahaan MIEL Sungai Lalang
 * Kawasan Perusahaan Ringan Desa Aman

Railway
Sungai Lalang used to be served by rail service in the 1920s with its own railway station. In 1975, communist had attempted to blow up a section of the railway in Sungai Lalang, which had caused a five and a half hour long curfew order issued to people in Kampung Baru Sungai Lalang as the officers were deployed to try to catch the communist. Train stopped serving the station and it got abandoned before it was tore down for the railway upgrade works to electrify and double the track, without constructing any replacement station.

Road
Sungai Lalang is mainly served by the Federal Route 1 which goes through the town, and Kedah State Route K152 that connects to Bukit Selambau. Bus service in Sungai Lalang includes Red Omnibus route 02 (Sungai Petani—Alor Setar) and Tanjung Mewah route 12 (Sungai Petani—Taman Bandar Baru Sungai Lalang).

Polling districts
These polling districts are in Sungai Lalang, as per the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023.