Arakkonam
Arakkonam is a railway town in the Ranipet district, state of Tamil Nadu. Included within the Chennai Metropolitan Area since 2022, Arakkonam is a major suburb of the state capital city Chennai, with a population of 78,395 per the census 2011.- Type: Town with 10,000 residents
- Description: Village in Vellore District, Tamil Nadu, India
- Also known as: “Arkonam”
Places of Interest
Highlights include INS Rajali and Arakkonam Junction railway station.
INS Rajali
Aerodrome
INS Rajali, is an Indian naval air station located near Arakkonam, Chennai Metropolitan Area, Ranipet district, Tamil Nadu in southern India. It operates under the Southern Naval Command of the Indian Navy, and has the longest military runway in Asia.
Arakkonam Junction railway station
Railway station
Arakkonam Junction railway station is an NSG–2 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is located in Ranipet district of Tamil Nadu.
Arakkonam
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Arakonam, Ranipet district, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
13.084° or 13° 5′ 2″ north
Longitude
79.6701° or 79° 40′ 12″ east
Population
10,000
Elevation
90 metres (295 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IN ARK
Open location code
7J5X3MMC+H2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Arakkonam from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Arakkonam” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Arakkonam”
- Bengali: “আরাক্যনাম”
- Bishnupriya: “আরকোনাম”
- Bulgarian: “Араконам”
- Catalan: “Arakkonam”
- Cebuano: “Arakkonam”
- Chinese: “阿拉科納姆”
- Chinese: “阿拉科纳姆”
- Dutch: “Arakkonam”
- Fiji Hindi: “Arakkonam”
- French: “Arakkonam”
- German: “Arakkonam”
- Gujarati: “અરાકોણમ”
- Hindi: “अरक्कोणम”
- Hindi: “अराकोणम”
- Irish: “Arakkonam”
- Italian: “Arakonam”
- Japanese: “アラコナム”
- Japanese: “アラッコナム”
- Kannada: “ಅರಕೋಣಂ”
- Kashmiri: “اراکونام”
- Korean: “아라코남”
- Maithili: “अरक्कोनम”
- Malay: “Arakonam”
- Malayalam: “ആരക്കോണം”
- Malayalam: “ആറക്കോണം”
- Marathi: “अरक्कोणम”
- Nepali: “अराकोणम”
- Newari: “अरकोनम”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Arakkonam”
- Norwegian: “Arakkonam”
- Oriya: “ଆରାକ୍କୋନମ୍”
- Panjabi: “ਅਰਾਕੋਣਮ”
- Persian: “اراکونام”
- Portuguese: “Arakonam”
- Russian: “Аракконам”
- Spanish: “Arakonam”
- Swedish: “Arakkonam”
- Talysh: “Arakkonam”
- Tamil: “அரக்கோணம்”
- Telugu: “aఅరక్కోణం”
- Telugu: “అరక్కోణం”
- Urdu: “اراکونام”
- Vietnamese: “Arakonam”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Arakkonam”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Arakkonam and Rajiv Gandhi Nagar.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Arakkonam Town Police Station and Arakkonam Jamia Masjid.
Tamil Nadu: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore, and Tiruchirappalli.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.