Surapet

Surapet
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Coordinates: 13°08′37″N 80°11′27″E / 13.14361°N 80.19083°E / 13.14361; 80.19083Coordinates: 13°08′37″N 80°11′27″E / 13.14361°N 80.19083°E / 13.14361; 80.19083
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai district
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Vehicle registration	TN-18

Surapet (alias Surapattu, Surapedu, Soorapettai) is a neighbourhood located in Chennai between Ambattur and Puzhal.

This area, once a separate panchayat that comes under Puzhal Panchayat, now comes under Chennai corporation, numbered as "24th ward" and it belongs to the Madhavaram constituency.

About 200 years ago people from a village of same name Surapet near Sholavaram migrated to this village due to poverty in their home place and named the same name to this village also.

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