Surapet

SURAPET சூரப்பட்டு
Neighbourhood
SURAPET SURAPET SURAPET
Coordinates: 13°08′36.4″N 80°11′28.2″E
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai district
Metro	Chennai
Division	North Chennai
Chennai Corporation Zone	III
Chennai Corporation Ward	24
Government
• Body	Greater Chennai Corporation
Area
• Total	2.78 km2 (1.07 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	10,444
• Density	3,800/km2 (9,700/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	தமிழ் Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	600066
Vehicle registration	TN-05 , TN-18
Lok Sabha constituency	North Chennai
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Madhavaram
Neighbourhoods	Ambathur, Puzhal, Kolathur, Korattur.
Website	https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/

Surapet (alias Surapattu, Surapedu) is a neighbourhood of Chennai, India. It is a residential locality situated in North west Chennai .Surapet area comes under Madhavaram taluk , Chennai District of Chennai Corporation. Surapet is surrounded by areas namely, Puzhal in North, kolathur in east, puthagaram in South, Puzhal lake in west.

Locality and neighbourhoods

The neighbourhoods of Surapet consist of Anna Nagar, Villivakkam, Puzhal, Ambathur, Retteri junction, Kolathur, Lakshmipuram, Senthil Nagar, Perambur, Puthagaram, Madhavaram, vinayagapuram, and kadhirvedu It is close to the Grand North Trunk (GNT) road

Transportation

Chennai Metro

The proposed second phase of the chennai metro has three lines. Third line is from Madhavaram milk colony to sholinganallur. In that line, the proposed Retteri Metro Station and Kolathur Metro Station is 3 km away from Surapet.

Railway

The nearest Railway Station is korattur Railway Station it is 5 Km away from Surapet. Chennai egmore railway station and Chennai Central Railway Station are the two main railway terminals in chennai which are 14 km away from Surapet.

Roads

With the Ambathur Redhills main road/Surapet main road made the surapet very easy to accessible from puzhal and Ambathur. With the perambur redhills road made easy to accessible from Retteri.GNT road is 3 km away from surapet. Inner ring road is 3.5 km away from surapet.

1. Chennai Mofussil bus Terminal in Koyambedu is 10 km away.
2. Madhavaram Mofussil bus Terminus in Madhavaram roundana is 4 km away.

Areas in Surapet

1. Britania Nagar.
2. Sri ranga avenue.
3. JP Nagar.
4. DG Nagar.
5. Madhura mettur.
6. Bharathidasan Nagar.
7. Annai Indira nagar.
8. Shanmugapuram.
9. Sivaprakasam Nagar.
10. Murugambedu.
11. Kalaivani Nagar.
12. Ezhil Nagar.
13. Arul Nagar.

Educational Institutions

1. Velammal Matriculation School
2. Velammal Engineering College
3. Velammal Vidhyashram
4. Velammal New-gen School
5. Velammal Global School
6. Omayal Achi College of Nursing
7. Darwin Public School
8. Godson Matriculation School

Shopping

1. Vasanth & Co - Vinayagapuram.
2. Reliance Market - Madhavaram.
3. Reliance Digital - Kolathur.
4. Reliance Trends - Ambathur.
5. Saravana Store - Padi.

Water bodies

• Puzhal eri
• Retteri
• Korattur eri

History of Surapet

This area, once a separate panchayat that comes under Puzhal Panchayat, now comes under Chennai corporation, numbered as "24th ward" and it belongs to the Madhavaram constituency.

About 200 years ago people from a village of same name Surapet near Sholavaram migrated to this village due to poverty in their home place and named the same name to this village also.

Included in Chennai District

On 15 June 2011, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister of India to expand the city limits of Chennai by which the Surapet would come under the new scheme.

Since 2011, it is part of Chennai Corporation as Zone 3 and 24th ward.

Surapet was attached to the Chennai Corporation in 2011, aiding in its development.

References

http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/censusinfodashboard/index.html

Office of The Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.