Sriperumbudur

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native_name = Sriperumpudur | type = city | latd = 12.97 | longd = 79.95
locator_position = left | state_name = Tamil Nadu
district = Kancheepuram
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altitude = 37
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Sriperumpudur is a panchayat town in Kancheepuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located in proximity to Chennai. It is the birth place of Sri Ramanuja, one of the most prominent Hindu Vaishnava saints and the place where Rajiv Gandhi was killed. Sriperumbudur is getting industrialized at a rapid pace and has been attracting lot of investment due to the proximity to a port, good infrastructure and availability of quality manpower

Industry

The Sriperumbudur story started when the first investment was done by Hyundai when it set up its factory in 1999. Set among rice fields and wetlands, sleepy Sriperumpudur jumped on to the world of manufacturing when Hyundai and Saint-Gobain ramped up their operations. Then it went into stealth mode till 2004, when the former Nokia CEO, Jorma Ollila, chose Sriperumbudur over Bangalore, Hyderabad and Delhi. There was no stopping the investment flow that was coming in to turn this sleepy village into a bustling global manufacturing hub.

Today, Sriperumbudur is a special economic zone with more than $2 billion invested by notable electronic companies. Flextronics, Foxconn, Jabil, Perlos, Salcomp, Aspocomp as well as PC makers such as Dell have set up manufacturing facilities. A wide range of electronic products such as mobile phones, chargers, set-top boxes, PCs and telecom base stations are produced here.

Sriperumpudur is strategically placed on the Chennai-Bangalore highway, approximately 40 kilometersfrom the main city, and offers all that the international giants want to get their business running in the country. Industrial infrastructure facilities are being constructed while the companies are in the process of setting up their units. With good highways and infrastructure and not being too far from a major metropolis (Chennai), Sriperumbudur offers all the facilities that these companies want. The town is also regarded as India's answer to Shenzhen [http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&refer=columnist_mukherjee&sid=a6k7fYiGdysQ] , with its growth in electronic component manufacturing [http://www.businessworld.in/content/view/962/1017/]

The area is also in contention to have a new International Airport built of 17 km². [http://www.ibnlive.com/news/chennai-to-get-swanky-new-airports/top/41105-3.html?xml]

Housing

Mega Promoters the Dubai-based ETA Star Property Developers will establish an integrated township on convert|1200|acre|km2|0 at Sriperumpudur with an outlay of Rs. 12,000 crore. ETA Star had already acquired 250 acres (1 km²) at Sriperumbudur. The integrated township would have a built-up area of five-crore sq. ft. In addition to ETA, other large pan india developers such as DLF, K. Raheja, IVR Prime, etc are in the process of accumulating land in the subject region in order to service the demand for housing which is set to accrue in the medium term time frame

Real estate perspective

Sriperumbudur is located at coord|12.97|N|79.95|E|. [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/25/Sriperumbudur.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Sriperumbudur] ] It has an average elevation of 37 metres (121 feet). Sriperumbudur is located along National Highway 4 (Chennai – Bangalore Highway), which is a part of the golden quadrilateral that connects all four metropolitan cities. This foursix lane expressway provides excellent connectivity from Chennai city to Sriperumbudur. The State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT), a nodal agency of the State government has set up 2 industrial parks on this corridor viz. SIPCOT Irungattukottai and SIPCOT Sriperumbudur measuring convert|1850|acre|km2|0 and convert|2470|acre|km2|0 respectively. Hyundai and Saint-Gobain were the first to start their operations in the subject location which transformed the location into manufacturing hub.

Sriperumbudur is strategically placed on the Chennai-Bangalore highway, just about 40 kilometers from the main city, and offers all that the international giants want to get their business running in the country. Industrial infrastructure facilities are being constructed while the companies are in the process of setting up their units. Though industrial activity has commenced in these regions, significant residential activity is yet to initiate. Large developers have started consolidating land in the subject location in order to cater to the primary housing demand that is envisaged to accrue in the subject location. However, there is extensive activity of plotted layout developments in this corridor. Cummulative supply of over 5000 units has been witnessed in the subject location. A large number of educational institutions (primarily engineering colleges) are also present on this corridor

Tourist attractions

Birthplace of Sri Ramanuja. Vellakotai Murugan temple is just about 9 km away from Sriperumbudur, where the tallest Murugan statue in India could be found. Another attraction in this place is the Rajiv Gandhi Memorial. On 21 May 1991, Rajiv Gandhi, the then former Prime Minister of India was assassinated by a human bomb in Sriperumbudur. Another most interesting zone is Manimangalam Lake just 10 km towards Tambaram .

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, [GR|India] Sriperumbudur had a population of 86,085. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Sriperumbudur has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 64%. In Sriperumpudur, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Politics

Sriperumbudur assembly constituency (SC) is part of Sriperumbudur (Lok Sabha constituency). [cite web
url = http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf
title = List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies
accessdate = 2008-10-08
work = Tamil Nadu
publisher = Election Commission of India ]

References

External links

* [http://www.sriperumbudur.in/forum/showthread.php?tid=8 List of colleges @ Sriperumpudur. Lots of other information about Sriperumbudur]
* [http://www.svce.ac.in Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering(SVCE) Pennalur, Sriperumpudur]
* [http://www.sriperumpudur.com/UsefulLinks.aspx#hSchool Schools and Colleges in and around Sriperumpudur]

ee also

* Sriperumbudur (Lok Sabha constituency)