Urapakkam

Urapakkam Oorapakkam, Urapakkam
Panoramic view of Urappakkam Panchayat village
Urapakkam
Coordinates: 12°52′02″N 80°04′18″E / 12.86720°N 80.07157°E / 12.86720; 80.07157Coordinates: 12°52′02″N 80°04′18″E / 12.86720°N 80.07157°E / 12.86720; 80.07157
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Kanchipuram	Chengalpattu
Government
• Type	Panchayat
Population (2011)
• Total	29,122
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	kanchipuram -603202, 603210 , 603211
Vehicle registration	TN-19

Urapakkam is Panchayat Village Located Outside Chennai City just 2km away from Chennai Gateway Chennai Vandalur and kanchipuram Region Guduvancheri Town Panchayat.

It is part of Chengalpattu taluk of Kancheepuram district and it has been categorised as Village panchayat under Kattankulathur Panchayat Union in Kanchipuram Region.The population was 29,122 during the 2011.

It is situated on the busy National Highway 45. It is situated between Chennai Tambaram and Chengalpattu at a distance of 8 km from Chennai Tambaram and 21 km from Chengalpattu. It is one of the fast-growing area outside Chennai Metropolitan region.

Urapakkam is served by the Urapakkam railway station of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network and has two bus stops.Metropolitan City Area

Urapakkam is located between Entrance Gateway of South Chennai Vandalur Chennai city Limit and Kanchipuram region Guduvancheri Town in Chengalpattu taluk.. The railway line that runs through it separates the place into Urappakkam east and Urappakkam west. Urappakkam is bound on the western side by the Madambakkam and Adhanur villages, the eastern side by periyar nagar, Karanai-Puducheri(belong to karanaipuducheri panchyat) and Iyenchery villages(Part of Urappakkam Panchyat), the northern side by Chennai Vandalur Chennai corporation limit , and the southern side by Guduvancheri Town panchayat. Also, it is very close to the fast-developing Chennai City corridors like Vandalur-Kelambakkam Road and Chengalpattu taulk region like SP Koil-Oragadam-Sriperumbudur Road, and the Chennai outer Outer Ring Road (Chennai Vandalur to Minjur).