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.
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  • Type: Railway stop
  • Description: neighborhood in Chennai metro area
  • Also known as: “velacheri”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Velachery and Pallikaranai Marsh.

Railway station
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The MRTS Station is a ground level station on the Chennai MRTS railway line in . It is located near the junction of Main Road and Inner Ring Road in . The station is built on the northern banks of Pallikaranai wetland.

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is a freshwater marsh in the city of , . It is situated adjacent to the , about 20 kilometres south of the city centre, and has a geographical area of 80 square kilometres.

Railway station
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Perungudi is a railway station on the Chennai MRTS. It serves the neighbourhood of , including localities such as Indira Nagar, Park Avenue and Tansi Nagar. It is located 1.3 km from the Perungudi Lake. is situated 1½ km northeast of Velachery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Puzhuthivakkam and Adambakkam.

Suburb
, commonly known as Ullagaram or Ullagaram–Puzhuthivakkam, is a southern neighbourhood of in , India. loosely translates to dust neighborhood.

Suburb
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is a neighbourhood of , . It is primarily a residential locality situated in . area comes under Velachery taluk and Alandur taluk, Chennai District of Chennai Corporation.

Velachery

Latitude
12.96717° or 12° 58′ 2″ north
Longitude
80.21956° or 80° 13′ 10″ east
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Abbreviation
“VLCY”
Open location code
7M42X689+VR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1141163691
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­stop_position
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­stop
Geo­Names ID
11859080
Wiki­data ID
Q7918771
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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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