Villivakkam
Villivakkam is a neighbourhood of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is served by the Villivakkam railway station on the Chennai Central–Arakkonam suburban section. Villivakkam is the largest state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu in terms of number of voters.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Also known as: “Villivakam” and “Villivākkam”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Villivakkam railway station and Chennai Rail Museum.
Villivakkam railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rasnaboy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Villivakkam railway station is a railway station on the Chennai Central–Arakkonam section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network a city of Chennai in India.
Chennai Rail Museum
Museum
Photo: Lakshmi Kiran, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Chennai Rail Museum is a railway museum in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The museum opened on 16 April 2002 in the Furnishing Division of the Integral Coach Factory near Perambur.
ICF Lake
Reservoir
ICF Lake, or ICF Aeri, is a rain-fed reservoir located at Villivakkam and Ayanavaram areas of Chennai, India, reaching its peak levels during the monsoon seasons.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kolathur and Periyar Nagar.
Kolathur
Suburb
Kolathur is a neighborhood located in the northwestern region of Chennai, in Tamil Nadu, India.
Periyar Nagar
Suburb
Periyar Nagar, is a developed residential area in North Chennai, a metropolitan city, which is developed in short time in Tamil Nadu, India.
Padi
Suburb
Padi is a locality and neighbourhood in the city of Chennai, India. It was named as Thiruvaaipadi and Later called as Padi short form of Thiruvaaipadi, Sundarar, came to Padi and sang songs in the Lord Shiva Temple.
Villivakkam
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Tiruvottiyur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
13.11259° or 13° 6′ 45″ northLongitude
80.20814° or 80° 12′ 29″ eastElevation
14 metres (46 feet)Open location code
7M524675+27OpenStreetMap ID
node 248559761OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Tamil—“Villivakkam” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “ভিল্লিবক্কম”
- Dutch: “Villivakkam”
- Tamil: “வில்லிவாக்கம்”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Villivakkam”. Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.