Porur

Porur is a of the city of , . It forms part of the Maduravoyal taluk of . Situated about 17 kilometres by road from Chennai in the western part of the city, Porur is largely a residential neighbourhood with a significant portion devoted to commercial,religious,and industrial activities.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Porur Junction metro station and Porur Lake.

Metro station
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is an upcoming elevated metro station on the East-West Corridor of the Yellow Line of Chennai Metro in , India. This metro station will be among the 30 elevated stations of Corridor IV and 12 underground stations along Corridor IV of the Chennai Metro, – stretch.

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is located on the fringes of the Porur neighbourhood in south-west and is a primary water resource for the residents of Chennai. It is a temporary catchment area connected with .

Hospital
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is a private institute located in Porur, , . SRIHER consists of nine constituent colleges and faculties with more than 6,000 students.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thelliyar Agaram and Mugalivakkam.

Neighborhood
or Thelliyaragaram is a revenue village in the Kundrathur taluk of Kancheepuram district, India and a suburb of city. stretches along the northern banks of the from Karambakkam in the east to Iyyappanthangal in the west and administratively forms part of the municipality of .

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of . It is located in Sriperumbudur taluk of , in . It is situated 16 km south-west of on the Mount-Poonamallee Road.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in western part of Central . It belongs to Central Chennai Revenue Division of . It is surrounded by Porur, and .

Porur

Latitude
13.03246° or 13° 1′ 57″ north
Longitude
80.15829° or 80° 9′ 30″ east
Population
46,700
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
Open location code
7M5225J5+X8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 243327790
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1465622
Wiki­data ID
Q2229484
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Vietnamese—“Porur” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “পোরূর”
  • Bishnupriya: “পোরুর”
  • Bulgarian: “Порур”
  • Cebuano: “Porur”
  • Chinese: “Porur”
  • Chinese: “波魯爾”
  • Chinese: “波鲁尔”
  • Dutch: “Porur”
  • French: “Porur”
  • Irish: “Porur”
  • Italian: “Porur”
  • Malagasy: “Porur”
  • Malay: “Porur”
  • Malayalam: “പോരൂർ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Porur”
  • Russian: “Порур”
  • Spanish: “Porur”
  • Swedish: “Porur”
  • Tamil: “போரூர்”
  • Urdu: “پورور”
  • Vietnamese: “Porur”

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