Perambur
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| Coordinates: 13°06′26″N 80°14′40″E / 13.10727°N 80.24448°ECoordinates: 13°06′26″N 80°14′40″E / 13.10727°N 80.24448°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Chennai |
| Metro | Chennai |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 600011 |
| Vehicle registration | TN-05 |
| Municipal body | Chennai Corporation |
| Ward Nos. | 51, 52, 53 |
| LS constituency | Chennai North |
| VS constituency | Perambur |
| MP | T. G. Venkatesh Babu, ADMK |
| MLA | P.Vetrivel, ADMK |
Perambur is a locality in the northern region of the metropolitan city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu state, India. It is 4 km from Chennai Central station.
In Tamil, perambu means bamboo and ur means city or place. Before British rule, this place was widely regarded as a place which was a bamboo forest, around the Huzur Gardens area, which currently houses the Simpsons Pvt. Ltd.
This area was annexed to Chennai in 1742 AD.
Perambur is mix of commercial and residential establishments. Madhavaram High Road is one of the busiest streets in Perambur. It is famous for its jewelry and pharmacies. It also features a busy grocery market.
Perambur is served by three railway stations: Perambur, Perambur Carriage Works and Perambur Loco Works. It is one of the earliest British settlements in Chennai, mainly because of the railway establishments during the 1850s. Perambur is noted for the largest presence of Anglo-Indians in Chennai (and arguably in South India) because of the erstwhile British settlements in and around Perambur, during the construction and running of the Integral Coach Factory (IC). The ICF is located only in Perambur and Kolkata in India. Perambur houses many Malayalis who work for the railways. St. Joseph's Syro-Malabar church is a Catholic church in Perambur which serves the Malayalee Catholics of north Chennai.
Perambur is one of the major railway hubs in Chennai because of ICF and due to express/super-fast trains stops. Perambur is the fifth largest station in Chennai in passenger volume after Chennai Central, Chennai Egmore, Tambaram and Mambalam.
Perambur has a wide range of entertainment venues such as cinemas and parks. Perambur has the first shopping mall of the north Chennai: Spectrum Mall.
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