Palavakkam

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Palavakkam is a census town in Kancheepuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

It is located on the East Coast Road about 6 km south of Adyar.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census [GR|India] , Palavakkam had a population of 14,369. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Palavakkam has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 68%. In Palavakkam, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Retail

After Adayar there are no petrol filling stations on the East Coast Road (ECR) till Palavakkam. As of now, there are 3 petrol filling stations in the locality. There is a Hero Honda Showroom in Palavakkam. Famous mobile shop Univercell also has a branch in Palavakkam. For Shopping, there is a 2 storey shopping center near the bus stop named the Singapore Shoppee & there also is Aditya Birla group's super market MORE.

ports

In Jayashankara Nagar, there is a tennis training academy named Grand Slam. People from nearby places like Neelangarai, Kotivakkam, Vettuvankani etc,come here to practice and play tennis.

Market

The Vegetable and Fish markets used to be on the public road, which a caused heavy traffic jam and regular road accidents on the East Coast Road. Hence, they have now been moved to the inner side towards Beach. Apart from this, there are grocery shops near Periyar Street also.

Educational Institutions

In Palavakkam, there is one government owned school and many Private owned schools. The government school is till 10th standard, thereafter the students have to choose either any private schools in palavakkam or travel to the near by schools, which are no less than 3 miles. The prominent schools in the area include Manuelmony Matriculation school, which teaches students till the 12th standard offerring both science and commerce streams. The school is well known in the area for producing good results in the board exams.

Palkalai Nagar

In Palavakkam, there is a colony for the staff of University Of Madras.There are more than 200 houses for the staff. However Outsiders few Non employees of the University also live in this colony.There is a Ganesh (Vinayagar) temple at the begining of the raod leading to the colony and it must be added that the road leads to the Palavakkam beach,

Temples

There is two main Hindu temples, one main Islamic mosque and four Churches in palavakkam. "Palavakkathamman" temple is famous as some soaps were shot in this temple.

Churches

St. Anthony's ShrineThe St. Anthony's seashore shrine is one of the Famous Churches in Chennai that draws abundant crowd during Festive Seasons. This St. Anthony's shrine has 100 Feet Eucharistic Tower that has Exquisite artwork embedded into it.

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