Kelambakkam


Kelambakkam is a suburban and residential neighbourhood of Chennai, India. It is located in the south-eastern portion of the city along the Old Mahabalipuram Road, and is about 5 km from Siruseri IT park and 12 km from Sholinganallur junction. It is another important junction after Sholinganalur, which connects GST road and ECR road. Kelambakkam is considered as the southern gateway to Chennai city on OMR Road and comes under Zone-2 of OMR Road. Kelambakkam comes under Thiruporur Taluk of Chengalpattu district.
Metro Train project-Phase 2 is under process which connects Madhavaram with Siruseri IT park.

Census 2011

The total population of Kelambakkam is around 20,000 and expected to be doubled by 2021. The literacy rate of this locality is 90.88%. The sex ratio in Kelambakkam is 1,018.
More families are migrating to Kelambakkam due to huge residential and commercial development, good ground water availability and easy accessibility to all parts of Chennai city with excellent road infrastructure.
According to recent survey, Chennai city will have a population of 15 million people by 2030. Since population has already reached saturation point till Sholinganallur in OMR Road, more people will start migrating in Sholinganallur–Kelambakkam stretch till 2030.

Schools in Kelambakkam

Kelambakkam has become another important shopping destination after Navalur in OMR Road. Kelambakkam has well developed in commercial terms with following establishments in recent years.
After branded stores, Kelambakkam has a huge vegetable and fish markets where we can purchase them at very affordable price.

Residential development

Due to rapid development, good water availability and excellent road infrastructure with easy accessibility to all parts of Chennai, lot of apartments and villas has came up in Kelambakkam and they are below. Also, Kelambakkam has witnessed lot of family migration in past few years. Proximity to employment opportunities, good asset appreciation, good road Infrastructure, proximity to beaches at ECR and other entertainment venues continues to attract more residents to this suburb.
Kelambakkam is well connected to almost all important destinations in Chennai city like T.Nagar, CMBT, Broadway, Central Railway station, Tambaram through frequent MTC bus services. New bus depot for Kelambakkam is under process for MTC bus shelter. On an average, MTC operates more than 400 bus services from Kelambakkam to all localities of Chennai city.
Also, Tamil Nadu government is constructing Biggest Bus Terminus at cost of Rs 410 crore in Vandalur which takes just 20 minutes to reach through Vandalur-Kelambakkam road. This bus terminus will be largest bus terminus in Asia and become operational from the year 2020.
Metro Train project- Phase 2 is under process which connects Madhavaram with Siruseri IT park. Once Metro train is operational, it will be game changer for overall development in OMR road.

Shopping and entertainment

Shopping malls like VIVIRA mall with AGS cinema multiplex and Grand Marina mall with INOX cinema multiplex are operational in Navalur and Siruseri. Wonderla Theme park is under construction in Thiruporur area.