Mugalivakkam

Mugalivakkam
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Mugalivakkam Location of Mugalivakkam in Chennai and India
Coordinates	13°01′18″N 80°09′38″E / 13.0215653°N 80.160520°E / 13.0215653; 80.160520Coordinates: 13°01′18″N 80°09′38″E / 13.0215653°N 80.160520°E / 13.0215653; 80.160520
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District(s)	Kanchipuram District (Chennai from 2012)
Subdistrict(s)	Sriperumbudur
Parliamentary constituency	Sriperumbudur
Assembly constituency	Alandur
Planning Agency	CMDA
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Codes • Pincode • 600125
Website	Chennai District website

Mugalivakkam (Tamil: முகலிவாக்கம்) is a suburb of Chennai. It is situated 16 km south-west of Chennai on the Guindy-Poonamallee road. It is bounded by Porur on the north, Meenambakkam on the south and south east, and Ramapuram on the north east directions. The nearest railway station is at Guindy which is about 6 kilometres away.

The word, Mugalivakkam, might have evolved during the brief Mughal rule of Poonamallee during the later half of the 17th century CE and the 18th century CE.^{[original research?]} Mugalivakkam will be included in chennai city limit from 2012. It has several educational institution like Miot college of nursing, Pon vidyashram, PSBB . It has well-developed health care facilities including Kedar hospital, St Thomas hospital And well-developed government health care centre. It is surrounded by big corporates like IBM, HP, CTS, Sutherland, L&T ECC, L&T infotech, Audco, DLF IT park etc.

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