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Coordinates: 13.0983° N 80.1622° E

Ambattur
Ambattur
State  - District(s)	Tamil Nadu  - Thiruvallur
Coordinates	13.0983° N 80.1622° E
Area  - Elevation	- 17 m
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Population (2001)  - Density	302,492  -
Municipal Chairman	K. N. Sekar[1]

Ambattur is a major municipality in Thiruvallur district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is an industrial area north-west of Chennai. Though considered a part of Chennai for all practical purposes, Ambattur technically belongs to the Tiruvallur district. Closer to Anna Nagar, Ambattur is a fast developing residential localé of Chennai.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Administration 3 Demographics 4 Economy 4.1 Ambattur Industrial Estate 5 Transport 6 Institutions 7 References 8 External links

Ambattur is located at 13.1° N 80.16° E^[2]. It has an average elevation of 17 metres (55 feet). Ambattur lies to the south of Red Hills Lake, one of the reservoirs which supply water to Chennai.

Ambattur comes under the North Chennai parliamentary constituency and Villivakkam assembly constituency. Once a major panchayat, Ambattur was made a township in the 1960's. It has now attained the status of Municipal Corporation. Ambattur municipal corporation includes Padi, Korattur, Anna Nagar Western Extension, Moggapair and Ambattur Industrial Estate areas.

As of 2001 India census^GRIndia, Ambattur had a population of 302,492. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Ambattur has an average literacy rate of 70%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 54% of the males and 46% of females literate. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Companies like Britannia Industries Limited, TI Cycles of India, Dunlop, TVS have their plants in Ambattur. Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited has its Satellite earth station at the Ambattur-Red Hills road. Jaya TV, Vijay TV, Asianet and Kairali relay signals from this facility.

The AIE (Ambattur Industrial Estate), spread over an area of 4.9 km² is the biggest small scale industrial estate in South Asia. Textile industries like ACL (Ambattur Clothing Limited), Bombay Fashions have their facilities here and employ thousands of women. Software companies like HCL Technologies and Tata Consultancy Services have their development centres in the Ambattur industrial estate. There are also a few BPO centres like Perot Systems in AIE.

Ambattur Industrial Estate had its functioning commissioned in the year 1964, by the Government of Tamil Nadu. Several factors such as suitability of the soil communication facilities, availability of raw materials and a large volume of ground water suitable for industrial and domestic purposes, etc., were responsible for seeking this place for the setting up of this industrial Estate, an extent of 4 km² adjoining the estate was acquired by the Tamil Nadu Housing Board for housing purposes.

The Madras-Tiruvallur Highway (MTH Road or NH205) passes through Ambattur and the Chennai-Kolkata highway is just about 7km from the place making it a strategic location. The new Chennai Bypass between Maduravoyal and Madhavaram would pass through Ambattur IE. The completed first phase of the Bypass connects NH45 with NH4. The second phase, under construction, connects NH4 with NH5 and NH205 via Ambattur Industrial Estate.

The Chennai Central-Arakkonam railway line passes through Ambattur and has a railway station at Ambattur. Suburban Broad Gauge EMU trains daily operate from Chennai Central and Chennai Beach to Arakkonam, Avadi, Tiruttani via Ambattur. By rail, Ambattur is 30 minutes from Chennai Central, 20 mins from Perambur and 10 minutes from Villivakkam.

Among the various schools in Ambattur, Sir Ramaswami Mudaliar Higher Secondary School, T.I Matriculation Higher Secondary School, (both run by AMM Foundation), Sri Maha Ganesa Vidhyasala, GK Shetty Vivekananda Vidyalaya, Hussain Memorial school,Sethu Bhaskara Matriculation Higher Secondary School and Ebenezer Marcus are notable. Velammal Engineering College is located about 5km from Ambattur on the Ambattur-Red Hills road. Ambattur also houses the Chennai Zonal Training Center of Life Insurance Corporation of India.

Sir Ivan Stedeford Hospital, managed by the AMM Foundation, is a modern multi-speciality hospital serving 300,000 patients a year. Dr. Rabindran's Health Care Center is another notable hospital located near the town centre.

There are two temples here, one of Sri Vinnaraya Perumal and another for Lord Shiva. Temples for Lord Muruga and for the local deity Kannatamman can be seen here. The Mounaswami Matam, which has a temple for Sri Bhuvaneswari Amman inside, attracts a large number of the devotees of Mounaswami. There are several churches among the one prominently located close to the bus stand. The Mosque is near the railway station.

1. ^ The Hindu dated 29 October 2006
2. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Ambattur

Ambattur is a busy town but people suffer due to lack of transport facilities of local bus services to and from Ambattur O.T.

• Ambattur
• AIEMA - Ambattur Industrial Estate Manufactures' Assn
• Ambattur Clothing Limited
• Ivan Stedeford Hospital
• TI Cycles of India
• TI Matriculation Higher Sec. School
• SRM School
• Read an article about Ambattur in the Hindu

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Ambattur
Next station east: Pattaravakkam	Chennai suburban railway : West line		Next station west: Thirumullaivoil
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These are the stations of Chennai suburban railway - West line

Chennai Central - Basin Bridge - Vyasarpadi Jeeva - Perambur - Perambur Carriage Works - Perambur Loco Works - Villivakkam - Korattur - Pattaravakkam - Ambattur - Thirumullaivoil - Annanur - Avadi - Hindu College - Pattabiram - Pattabiram E Depot - Thiruninravur - Veppampattu - Sevvapet Road - Puttlur - Tiruvallur - Egattur - Kadambattur - Senjipanambakkam - Manavur - Tiruvalangadu - Mosur - Puliyamangalam - Arakkonam - Tiruttani