Perambur , is a locality in Northern part of the metropolitan city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu state, India.It is one of expensive area in chennai with all facilities of needs.
Though the nomenclature source of Perambur is not apparently known, it is widely regarded as a place which used to be a bamboo

Bamboo

Bamboo is a group of perennial evergreens in the true grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family....

 forest a few hundred years ago, around the Huzur Gardens area, which currently houses the Simpsons Pvt. Ltd,. In Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

, "Perambu" means bamboo and "oor" means city or place. It is located 4 km from Chennai Central

Chennai Central

Chennai Central , erstwhile Madras Central, is the main railway terminus in the city of Chennai . It is the home of the Southern Railway and the most important rail hub in South India. The other major railway hub stations in the city are Chennai Egmore and Tambaram...

 station.

This area was annexed to Chennai in 1742 AD.

Perambur is considered a perfect mixture of commercial and residential hub. Madhavaram High Road, is one of the busiest streets in Perambur. It is famous for its jewelry and pharmacies. It also features a busy grocery market.

Temples

• Ayyappan Temple, Teeds Garden
• Thulukathamman Thirukoil, Near Venus Market
• Vinayakar Koil, Below Perambur Flyover

Churches

• Our Lady of Lourdes' Shrine (Roman Catholic)
• Saint Theresa Church
  Saint Theresa Church Perambur
  St.Theresa Church is under the archdiocese of Madras-Mylapore in Tamilnadu. located in Sembiam division of Perambur, Chennai. Approximately 900 families have the membership in this Catholic parish. Many people from various parts of Chennai pilgrimage to this church for the devotion of Infant Jesus...
  
   (Roman Catholic)
• Saint Joseph Church (Syro-Malabar Catholic)
• Saint Gregory Church (Orthodox)
• Saint George Church (Orthodox)

Schools

Perambur is an educational hub for schooling. It is served by a number of schools namely

• Begum Latheefunnisa Islamic Nursery Primary School
• St. Mary's Group of Schools
• Don Bosco Hr.Sec. School
• Vivekananda Vidhyalaya
• Gnanodhaya Vidhyalayam
• Gnanodhaya Girl's High School
• SKNS PMC Vivekananda Vidyalaya
• St Joseph's Girls High School
• St Thomas' Primary School
• Railway Mixed Hr. Sec. School
• Dharmamurthi Rao Bhahadur Calavala Cunnan Chetty (DRBCC)
• Ebeneser Matriculation Hr. Sec. School
• Jamalia Hr. Sec. School
• Lourdes Girls Hr.Sec. School
• Kaligi Ranganathan Montford Matriculaton Hr. Sec. School
• VOC Vidyalaya
• Veera Savarkar
• Friends Educational Society School
• Bharatha Matha
• Sri J.R.E.T Schools
• Corporation Higher Secondary School
• Mother Theresa Primary School
• Veera Shivaji

Localities

• Integral Coach Factory
• Kolathur
• Thiru V.K.Nagar
• GKM Colony
• Ram Nagar
• Mahakavi Bharathi Nagar
• Periyar Nagar * Mangalapuram
• Perambur Barracks
• Southern Railway Quarters
• Jawahar Nagar
• Agaram
• Perambur High Road
• Panamthope Colony
• Selavayal * Sri Durgai Avenue
• Famous temples: Lakshmi Ammman Koil, Lord Ayyappa temple at Anandhavelu street and Pazhani Aandavar Koil.
• Very old Famous temple: Kalasathaman koil at Selavayal near parvathi nagar bus terminus.
• Famous churches: Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church is over 100 years 100 years old. *Pazhani aandavar koil
• There are more affordable schools in and around Perambur.
• Sri Brindha Theatre is at Madhavaram High Road. Perambur is famous for recreation.
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Location in Context

Railways

Perambur is served by three railway stations. They are Perambur, Perambur Carriage Works

Perambur Carriage Works

Perambur Carriage Works is a suburban railway station less than a kilometre from the Perambur station in Chennai, India. It mainly serves the Integral Coach Factory and its employees. The railway department has a lot of facilities around this station, including a school and an indoor sporting...

 and Perambur Loco Works

Perambur Loco Works

Perambur Loco Works is a suburban railway station in the Perambur area of the city of Chennai in India. It serves the Integral Coach Factory that is one of the largest railroad carriage and locomotive manufacturers in the world...

. It is also one of the earliest British settlements in Chennai, mainly because of the railway establishments during the 1850s. Perambur is also noted for the largest presence of Anglo-Indians in Chennai and arguably in South India, mainly because of the erstwhile aplenty British settlements in and around Perambur, during the construction and running of the ICF.

Perambur, incidentally, is one of the major railway hubs in Chennai not only because of ICF but also due to a number of express/super-fast trains having stops. Perambur is the fifth largest station in Chennai in terms of volume of passengers handles after Chennai Central

Chennai Central

Chennai Central , erstwhile Madras Central, is the main railway terminus in the city of Chennai . It is the home of the Southern Railway and the most important rail hub in South India. The other major railway hub stations in the city are Chennai Egmore and Tambaram...

, Chennai Egmore

Chennai Egmore

Chennai Egmore , formerly known as Madras Egmore, is a railway station in Egmore, Chennai , South India. The station acts as the arrival and departure point for trains connecting Chennai and southern, central Tamil Nadu and Kerala.This is one of the two main railway terminals in the city along with...

, Tambaram

Tambaram

Tambaram is a suburb of Chennai situated 27 km south of the city in Tamil Nadu, India. It is an urban node. Tambaram is a hub to all major destinations in south Tamil Nadu as it lies on the busy Chennai–Trichy national highway. The highway and the railway line from Chennai Egmore to...

 and Mambalam

Mambalam

Mambalam is a working class residential and commercial area in the heart of Chennai , India. It is best known for its shops, bazaars and Hindu temples. It is bounded by Kodambakkam to the north and Saidapet to the south. T. Nagar and Nandanam stretch all along its eastern frontiers while K. K....

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Neighbouring places

Perambur is one of the most important places in terms of serving as connection between the Northern mofussils of Chennai to the rest of the Greater Chennai. The neighbouring places of Perambur are Kodungaiyur

Kodungaiyur

Kodungaiyur is mainly a residential locality in northern most part of the metropolitan city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu state, India. In the Expanded Chennai Corporation,after delimitation of Zones & Wards, Kodungaiyur will fall under Ward No:34, 35, 36 & 37 .-Location and...

 (4.5 km), Sembium (2 km), Periyar Nagar (3 km), T.V.K. Nagar (3 km), Kolathur (4 km), Moolakadai (3 km), Madhavaram (6 km), Vyasarpadi (2 km) and Doveton or Purasaiwalkam (3 km), Ponniammanmedu (5 km) and Vepery (3.5 km).

Fly over

The rail over bridge connecting Perambur railway station with that Vyasarpadi Jeeva

Vyasarpadi Jeeva

Vyasarpadi Jeeva station is the oldest station of South India. The first train to Arcot started from this station. The old ruins still remain 200 metres away from the current station as a cabin room. This place acts as the junction and four rail routes branch from here. The Southern line goes to...

 had been a source of transportation discomfort because of its narrow pass and low road which used to flood during rain. In 1999 the then Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is a state political party in the states of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, India. It is a Dravidian party founded by C. N. Annadurai as a breakaway faction from the Dravidar Kazhagam headed by Periyar...

 (DMK) government decided to build a flyover along with 9 others. But the work reached a halt when one of the columns started sinking. This led to the cost of the proposed flyover shoot from Rs.21 crore (210 millions) to Rs 34 crore (340 millions). Furthermore DMK lost in the consecutive 2001 elections (although its ally Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

The Communist Party of India is a political party in India. It has a strong presence in the states of Kerala, West Bengal and Tripura. As of 2011, CPI is leading the state government in Tripura. It leads the Left Front coalition of leftist parties in various states and the national parliament of...

 (CPI-M) retained Perambur constituency) which led to a further stalemate in executing the project.
The flyovers became the centre of political debacle to follow for the next 5 years (http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1814/18141320.htm). After DMK came back to power in 2006,it started working on the project once again but this time with an even more shooting up of the proposed cost. This flyover will be very useful for the people living in Perambur, Kolathur, T.V.K. Nagar, Periyarnagar, Aynavaram and Madhavaram.

The Flyover was constructed with different plan and was inaugurated by the then Chief Minister Mr. Karunanidhi and the then Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Stalin on 28 March 2010 (During 2006-11's DMK regime) which clears all the traffic in and around North Chennai. A very huge flyover of 1.3 km in length and 13 meters high from the ground level, which is one of the tallest bridge in Chennai after Kathipara, Guindy. The Bridge consist of three berths namely Road transport below level and Rail Transport at the middle level and again road transport at the upper level

Administration

The current Member of Legislative Assembly for the Perambur constituency is Soundararajan from the CPI-M party (an alliance of ADMK). Perambur is bifurcated by two other constituencies, namely that of Kolathur and Thiru-Vi-Ka-Nagar . It also falls under the North Chennai constituency for the Lok Sabha elections. Perambur comes under the 51st, 52nd and 53rd wards of the Chennai City Corporation.

Politics

Perambur assembly constituency (SC) is part of Chennai North (Lok Sabha constituency)

Chennai North (Lok Sabha constituency)

Chennai North is one of the three Lok Sabha constituencies in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Formerly it was known as Madras North.-Assembly segments:-1971 Delimitation :...

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External links

• Perambur residents grappling with urban chaos http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2001/08/11/stories/0411401n.htm