Virugambakkam
Virugambakkam is a residential neighbourhood of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is an important residential area of and is famous for its schools, market, residential colonies and residences of film artists.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ashwin Kumar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Suburb with 21,400 residents
- Description: human settlement in India
- Also known as: “Karambakkam”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chandra Mall and St. John’s Matriculation Higher Secondary School Alwarthirunagar.
Chandra Mall
Supermarket
Virugambakkam is a residential neighbourhood of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is an important residential area of and is famous for its schools, market, residential colonies and residences of film artists.
St. John’s Matriculation Higher Secondary School Alwarthirunagar
School
St John's Matriculation Higher Secondary School is a school in Alwarthirunagar which had its beginnings in the early 1980s. The school was founded by D John Ponnudurai.
KK Nagar
Hospital
K.K. Nagar is a neighbourhood located in the southern part of Chennai, India. This is situated west of Ashok Nagar and the Chennai Airport is around 10 km southwest of this place.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alwarthirunagar and Saligramam.
Alwarthirunagar
Neighborhood
Alwarthirunagar is an urban locality in Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu, India. Alwarthirunagar's PIN code is 600087 and the postal head office is in Valasaravakkam.
Saligramam
Suburb
Saligramam is a residential neighbourhood in the western part of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Saligramam is surrounded by Vadapalani in the east, Virugambakkam in the west, KK Nagar in the south and Koyambedu in the north.
Nesapakkam
Suburb
Nesapakkam is a locality in the K.K.Nagar which is part of the city of Chennai, India. It is situated between Virugambakkam and Ramapuram. Nesapakkam has an old sewage treatment plant.
Virugambakkam
- Category: locality
- Location: Tiruvottiyur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
13.04754° or 13° 2′ 51″ northLongitude
80.19222° or 80° 11′ 32″ eastPopulation
21,400Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)Open location code
7M5225XR+2VOpenStreetMap ID
node 300218898OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
1465809Wikidata ID
Q7935268
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Tamil—“Virugambakkam” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “বৃকমবক্কম”
- Japanese: “ヴィルガムバッカム”
- Japanese: “ヴィルガンバッカム”
- Tamil: “விருகம்பாக்கம்”
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