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Alandur

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Place details

Locality
Chennai Corporation
Region
Tamil Nadu
Country
India
Population
164,430
Timezone
Asia/Kolkata

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Alandur
Settlement.settlement_type
neighbourhood
Settlement.pushpin_map
India Chennai#Tamil Nadu#India
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Alandur, Tamil Nadu
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
India
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Tamil Nadu
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Chennai
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Metro
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Chennai
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.elevation_m
39
Settlement.population_total
1,64,430
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Country
India
Located in
Chennai
Elevation
12
Time zone
UTC+05:30
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postal code
600016
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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • Demographics
  • Religion
  • Educational institutions
  • Education Trust
  • Economy
  • Transportation
  • Politics
  • References

Alandur is a zone of Chennai corporation, and an urban node in Chennai district in Guindy division in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is surrounded by Guindy in the north and east, Adambakkam in the south, Pazhavanthangal in the south-west and Parangimalai (St. Thomas Mount) in the north-west. As of 2011, Alandur had a population of 164,430. The town agglomeration of Alandur will have an estimated population of 300,000 by 2030. Alandur neighbours the St. Thomas Mount Cantontment, the Officers Training Academy of the Indian army and the nearby towns of Guindy and Adambakkam. M. G. Ramachandran, a former chief minister of Tamil Nadu started his political career by winning his first legislative election from Alandur in 1967. Alandur also holds famous landmarks of Chennai namely Nehru Statue and Kathipara Junction.

==Geography== Alandur is located at . It has an average elevation of .

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alandur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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