Ambattur

Infobox Indian Jurisdiction
native_name = Ambattur | type = suburb | metro=Chennai
latd = 13.0983 | longd = 80.1622
locator_position = right | state_name = Tamil Nadu
district = Thiruvallur
leader_title = Municipal Chairman
leader_name = K. N. Sekar
altitude = 17
population_as_of = 2001
population_total = 308,764 | population_density =
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website = http://municipality.tn.gov.in/Ambattur/
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Ambattur is a major municipality in Thiruvallur district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India It is an industrial area north-west of Chennai. Though considered a part of Chennai for all practical purposes, Ambattur technically belongs to the Tiruvallur district. Closer to Anna Nagar, Ambattur is a fast developing residential localé of Chennai.

Administration

Ambattur comes under the North Chennai parliamentary constituency and Villivakkam assembly constituency. Once a major panchayat, Ambattur was made a township in the 1960s. It has now attained the status of Municipality. Ambattur Municipality includes Padi, Korattur, Anna Nagar Western Extension, Moggapair and Ambattur Industrial Estate areas.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, [GR|India] Ambattur had a population of 302,492. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Ambattur has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 54% of the males and 46% of females literate. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Economy

Companies like [http://www.britannia.co.in Britannia Industries Limited] , TI Cycles of India, Dunlop, TVS have their plants in Ambattur. Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited has its Satellite earth station at the Ambattur-Red Hills road. Jaya TV, Vijay TV, Asianet and Kairali relay signals from this facility. Moreover the HVF Factory which manufactures Military tanks is just 5 km from this place. That also makes this place important.

Ambattur Industrial Estate

The AIE (Ambattur Industrial Estate), spread over an area of 4.9 km² is the biggest small scale industrial estate in South Asia. Textile industries like ACL (Ambattur Clothing Limited), Bombay Fashions have their facilities here and employ thousands of women. Software companies like HCL Technologies and Tata Consultancy Services have their development centres in the Ambattur industrial estate. There are also a few BPO centres like Perot Systems in AIE.

Ambattur Industrial Estate had its functioning commissioned in the year 1964, by the Government of Tamil Nadu. Several factors such as suitability of the soil communication facilities, availability of raw materials and a large volume of ground water suitable for industrial and domestic purposes, etc., were responsible for seeking this place for the setting up of this industrial Estate, an extent of 4 km² adjoining the estate was acquired by the Tamil Nadu Housing Board for housing purposes.

[http://www.indialand.net Chennai Tech Park] , a 2.4 Million state-of-the-art-Futuristic Information Technology Park, is being developed on 10 acres of land offering the finest of IT & ITES office spaces at Ambattur Industrial Estate, Chennai.

Transport

The Madras-Tiruvallur Highway (MTH Road or NH205) passes through Ambattur and the Chennai-Kolkata highway is just about 7km from the place making it a strategic location. The new Chennai Bypass between Maduravoyal and Madhavaram would pass through Ambattur IE. The completed first phase of the Bypass connects NH45 with NH4. The second phase, under construction, connects NH4 with NH5 and NH205 via Ambattur Industrial Estate.

The Chennai Central-Arakkonam railway line passes through Ambattur and has a railway station at Ambattur. Suburban Broad Gauge EMU trains daily operate from Chennai Central and Chennai Beach to Arakkonam, Avadi, Tiruttani via Ambattur. By rail, Ambattur is 30 minutes from Chennai Central, 20 mins from Perambur and 10 minutes from Villivakkam.

Institutions

Among the various schools in Ambattur, Sir Ramaswami Mudaliar Higher Secondary School, T.I Matriculation Higher Secondary School, (both run by AMM Foundation), Sri Maha Ganesa Vidhyasala, GK Shetty Vivekananda Vidyalaya, Hussain Memorial school,Sethu Bhaskara Matriculation Higher Secondary School and Ebenezer Marcus are notable. Velammal Engineering College is located about 5km from Ambattur on the Ambattur-Red Hills road. Ambattur also houses the Chennai Zonal Training Center of Life Insurance Corporation of India.

Sir Ivan Stedeford Hospital, managed by the AMM Foundation, is a modern multi-speciality hospital serving 300,000 patients a year. Dr. Rabindran's Health Care Center is another notable hospital located near the town centre.

There are two temples here, one of Sri Vinnaraya Perumal and another for Lord Shiva. Temples for Lord Muruga and for the local deity Kannatamman can be seen here. The Mounaswami Matam, which has a temple for Sri Bhuvaneswari Amman inside, attracts a large number of the devotees of Mounaswami. There are several churches among the one prominently located close to the bus stand. The Mosque is near the railway station.

PTR is one of the big marriage halls in Ambattur. Rakki Theater entertains people by screening Tamil,Telugu and English movies.

Reference

External links

* [http://www.tiruvallur.tn.nic.in/places/ambattur.htm Ambattur]
* [http://www.smenetwork.net/aiema/ AIEMA - Ambattur Industrial Estate Manufactures' Assn]
* [http://www.ambattur.com Ambattur Clothing Limited]
* [http://www.stedefordhospital.org/ Ivan Stedeford Hospital]
* [http://www.tiindia.com/ TI Cycles of India]
* [http://www.tischool.org/ TI Matriculation Higher Sec. School]
* [http://www.ebenezer-marcus-school.com/ Ebenezer Marcus Matriculation Higher Sec. School]
* [http://www.srmschool.org/ SRM School]
* [http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/10/07/stories/2002100700170300.htm Read an article about Ambattur in the Hindu]
* [http://www.indialand.net India Land's Chennai Tech Park]
* [http://municipality.tn.gov.in/Ambattur/abcity_city.htm Municipality]