Kodungaiyur


Kodungaiyur is a residential neighbourhood in the northern part of the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It comes under Perambur Taluk of the Chennai District.

Location and surroundings

Kodungaiyur covers a vast area bordering Manali to the north, Korukkupet to the east, Madhavaram Milk Colony and Madhavaram to the west, Perambur to the southwest and MKB Nagar to the south.
National Highway 5 touches this area in the southwest at Moolakadai.

Chennai Corporation Limits

Earlier, the ward numbers were 01 and 02.
In the Expanded Chennai Corporation, after delimitation of zones and wards, Kodungaiyur will fall under ward numbers 34, 35, 36 and 37.

Main thoroughfares

Kaviarasu Kannadasan Nagar is a part of 'Kodungaiyur' in the city of Chennai and both are not separate geographical locations.
Chinna Kodungaiyur and Periya Kodungaiyur alone do not account to the Kodungaiyur's total geographical area as they are merely parts of Kodungaiyur.

Dumpyard controversy

Kodungaiyur dump yard is said to be the largest dump yard in Chennai city maintained by Chennai Corporation. It has many harmful effects on residents in the vicinity, in violation of MSW Rules framed by Ministry of Environment and Forests. The Corporation of Chennai planned it to close it by 2015 but no work has been done on the ground.

Transportation

Metropolitan Transport Corporation runs passenger buses to Kodungaiyur from other major parts of the Chennai city.
There are 3 Bus terminuses in Kodungaiyur. They are Kaviarasu Kannadasan Nagar, Parvathi nagar and Muthamizh nagar.

KKD Nagar

KKD Nagar Terminus is the heart of Kodungaiyur's transportation system.

Parvathi Nagar

Few buses like 38D, 116L, 64K Extn originate and end here.

Educational institutions

Kodungaiyur has a number of educational institutions. Some of them are:

Colleges

Most notable neighbourhoods in Kodungaiyur are Chinnandimadam,Amudham Nagar, Selavayal, Narayanasamy Garden, Soundarya Nagar, Parvathi nagar, Venkateswara Nagar, Seetharam Nagar, R.V.Nagar, Union Carbide Colony,Brindavan Nagar, Sastri nagar, Jambuli newcolony, Ponnusamy Nagar, Krishna Moorthy Nagar, Vivekananda Nagar, Soundarya Nagar, Ambika Nagar,C hinnandi madam etc.
Apart from these, Muthamil Nagar, MR Nagar, KKD Nagar, Gandhi Nagar and Parvathi Nagar are most important places.

Religious institutions

;Temples
;Mosques
;Churches