Batu Caves (Chinese: 黑风洞、峇都喼) (Tamil:பத்துமலை)is a mukim and town in Gombak District, Selangor, Malaysia. The town is experiencing an increase in residences due to a housing boom in the center of the city.
The housing boom in the town has led more residents to move into the town and led to the need for more new schools.
Currently, there are only six primary schools in the town.
Several new business centre have opened at the town heart and have raises the overall land-value. The development of the new-mosque have boost the land-value of the surrounding area at Taman Sri Gombak near the Tasik Taman Seri Gombak besides simplify the citizens and students to go to mosque for pray.
Batu Caves temple as seen from their Hinduism statue
Batu Caves train station that are expected to be developed soon
The main rail station serving Batu Caves is the KC05 Batu Caves Komuter station, opened in 2010 as part of the refurbishment of the Sentul-Batu Caves branch line.
rapidKL and Selangor Omnibus buses serve this town.
Batu Caves is located right next to the MRR2 . The interchanges to LPT (which goes to Kuantan and Kuala Terengganu) and DUKE (which leads to Mont Kiara and Segambut) are located nearby.