Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar

This article is about a neighbourhood in Perambur, Chennai. For an assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, see Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar (State Assembly Constituency).
Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar
திரு. வி. க நகர்
Neighbourhood
Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar
Coordinates: IN 13°07′11″N 80°13′57″E / 13.119814°N 80.232572°E / 13.119814; 80.232572Coordinates: IN 13°07′11″N 80°13′57″E / 13.119814°N 80.232572°E / 13.119814; 80.232572
Country  India
State Tamil Nadu
District Chennai
Taluk Perambur
Metro Chennai
Elevation 5 m (16 ft)
Languages
  Official Tamil
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 600011
Telephone code 044-2671, 044-2558
Planning agency CMDA
City Chennai
Lok Sabha constituency North Chennai
Vidhan Sabha constituency Kolathur
Civic agency Greater Chennai Corporation

Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar or TVK Nagar or Thiru. V. Kalyanasundaram Nagar (Tamil: திரு. வி. க நகர்), named after the Tamil scholar Thiru. V. Kalyanasundaram is a developed residential area in North Chennai, a metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu, India.

Location

The neighbouring places of Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar are Peravallur (0.5 km), Agaram (0.8 km), Sembium (1 km), Periyar Nagar (2 km), Kolathur (2 km), Moolakadai (2 km), Kodungaiyur (3 km), Ponniammanmedu (3 km), Vyasarpadi (4 km), Madhavaram (5 km), Madhavaram Milk Colony (5 km), Vinayagapuram (5 km), Doveton/Purasaiwalkam (5 km), Vepery (5.5 km), Mathur MMDA (6 km), Manali (7 km), Chennai Central railway station (8 km), Chennai Egmore railway station (9 km), Broadway Bus Terminus (10 km).

Constituency

Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar is located within the new Kolathur Constituency created after the delimitation of constituencies in 2008.[1] The another constituency named after Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar is Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar Constituency which is also created after the delimitation of constituencies in 2008. Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar is a not represented in Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar Constituency which represents the areas of Perambur(part), Ayanavaram, Otteri, Pattalam, Pulianthope.[2]

Greater Chennai Corporation Zone[3]

Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar is also a zone in Greater Chennai Corporation. It is one of the 15 zones of the Greater Chennai Corporation which it contains wards 64 to 78. It is the named as 6th Zone of Greater Chennai Corporation in Central Chennai Region.

Entertainment

Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar has a wide range of entertainment venues such as cinemas and parks nearby. Perambur has the first shopping mall of the north Chennnai Spectrum Mall. It also consists of a 5 screen Multiplex named S2 Cinemas which is controlled by theater franchise SPI Cinemas. Other nearby theatres are Sri Brinda Theatre (Perambur), Ganga Cinemas (Kolathur), Sri Shanmuga Cinemas (Moolakadai), Pandian Theatre (Kodungaiyur), Iyyapa Theatre (Erukkancherry). Perambur has also got Chennai's first Disco Water park named Murasoli Maran Membala Poonga which is always crowded in the weekends.

Transportation

Railways

Perambur Railway Station with view of Perambur Fly over

Perambur is served by three railway stations. They are Perambur, Perambur Carriage Works and Perambur Loco Works. Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar can be easily accessed from any of the three stations.

MTC Buses

MTC has a bus terminus in Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar. The bus terminus is located in Sundara Perumal Koil street in centre of Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar. Ayanavaram, Perambur, Madhavaram, Ennore depots of MTC operates buses from Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar bus terminus daily. Good number of buses ply from Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar to various parts of the city. The routes that ply from Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar are:

NormalExpressDeluxeAC VolvoNight
Route Origin Destination Via
8B Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar High Court Agaram, Venus, Perambur, Pulianthope, Basin Bridge, Vallalar Nagar
T29 Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar Thiruvanmiyur Agaram, Venus, Perambur, Otteri, Purasaiwalkam Tank, Egmore, Pudhupet, LIC, Royapettah, Mylapore, Mandaveli, Adayar
38C Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar V House Agaram, Venus, Perambur, Otteri, Purasaiwalkam Doveton, Choolai, Central, Anna Salai, V House
38C Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar V House Agaram, Venus, Perambur, Otteri, Purasaiwalkam Doveton, Choolai, Central, Anna Salai
46 Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar CMBT Agaram, Venus, Perambur, Otteri, Ayanavaram, ICF, Anna Nagar East, NSK Nagar
46 Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar CMBT Agaram, Venus, Perambur, Otteri, Ayanavaram, ICF, Anna Nagar East, NSK Nagar
48B Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar Ennore Agaram, Venus, Perambur, Moolakadai, Madhavaram, Manjambakkam, Mathur, Manali Market, CPCL, MFL
138A Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar Ennore Moolakadai, Vyasarpadi, Basin Bridge, Tondiarpet, Tiruvottiyur
170B Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar Tambaram Agaram, Kolathur, Retteri, Lucas, Anna Nagar West, Thirumangalam, CMBT, Vadapalani, Ashok Pillar, Ekkatuthangal, Pallavaram, Chromepet
170C Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar Guindy I.E Agaram, Kolathur, Retteri, Lucas, Anna Nagar West, Thirumangalam, CMBT, Vadapalani, Ashok Pillar, Ekkatuthangal
170C Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar Guindy I.E Agaram, Kolathur, Retteri, Lucas, Anna Nagar West, Thirumangalam, CMBT, Vadapalani, Ashok Pillar, Ekkatuthangal
170C Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar Guindy I.E Agaram, Kolathur, Retteri, Lucas, Anna Nagar West, Thirumangalam, CMBT, Vadapalani, Ashok Pillar, Ekkatuthangal

Some of the buses which passes through Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar are :

Route Origin Destination Via
121E Mahakavi Bharathi Nagar West Pattabiram Sharma Nagar, Moolakadai, Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar, Agaram, Kolathur, Retteri, Lucas, Mannurpet, Ambattur IE, Ambattur OT, Thirumullaivoyal, Avadi
138A Periyar Nagar Tiruvottiyur Agaram, Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar, Moolakadai, Vyasarpadi, Basin Bridge, Tondiarpet
170C Extn Manali Guindy I.E Manali Market, Mathur, Madhavaram Milk Colony, Moolakadai, Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar, Agaram, Kolathur, Retteri, Lucas, Anna Nagar West, Thirumangalam, CMBT, Vadapalani, Ashok Pillar, Ekkatuthangal
170J Manali Guindy I.E Chinnamathur, Madhavaram Milk Colony, Moolakadai, Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar, Agaram, Kolathur, Retteri, Lucas, Anna Nagar West, Thirumangalam, CMBT, Vadapalani, Ashok Pillar, Ekkatuthangal

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