Velachery

Velachery is a neighbourhood of . It is located in the southern part of the Chennai city sharing borders with in the north, Taramani in the east, in the south-east, Pallikaranai in the south, in south-west, in the west and north-west.
  • Railway stop
  • …lies at an elevation of 2 metres (7 feet)
  • …is also known as “velacheri”
  • …is abbreviated as “VLCY”
  • Description: neighborhood in Chennai metro area

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Velachery and Pallikaranai Marsh.
The MRTS Station is a ground level station on the Chennai MRTS railway line in .
is a freshwater marsh in the city of , .
Perungudi is a railway station on the Chennai MRTS. is situated 1½ km northeast of Velachery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Puzhuthivakkam and Adambakkam.
, commonly known as Ullagaram…

Velachery

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Latitude
12.96717° or 12° 58′ 2″ north
Longitude
80.21956° or 80° 13′ 10″ east
Open location code
7M42X689+VR
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­stop_position
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­stop
Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Urdu—“Velachery” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “বেলাচেরি”
  • Chinese: “維拉徹里”
  • Dutch: “Velachery”
  • Hindi: “वेलाचेरी”
  • Kashmiri: “ویلاچری”
  • Maithili: “वेलाचेरी”
  • Persian: “ولچری”
  • Tamil: “வேளச்சேரி”
  • Urdu: “ویلاچری”

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