Korattur

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Coordinates: 13.11361° N 80.1925° E

Korattur
Korattur
State - District(s)	Tamil Nadu - Thiruvallur
Coordinates	13.11361° N 80.1925° E
Area - Elevation	- 17 m
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Population - Density	-
Codes - Postal - Telephone - Vehicle	- 600080 vehicle_code_range = TN 20 to 22 sex_ratio = - + - {{{vehicle_code_range}}}

Korattur is satellite township in the northwest part of Chennai, India. It is a part of the Ambattur municipality and located along the Chennai-Mumbai railroad about 10 miles from the Chennai Central. The place has developed from a calm village in the early 20th century to an urban township of today due to the expansion of the Chennai city and the industrial development of north Chennai. North Chennai is one of the major manufacturing hubs in India, housing the large rairoad maker Integral Coach Factory, the big Ambattur Industrial estate, the Binny Mills and the battle-tank factory in Avadi.

Like most places in the region, Korattur was once famous for its lakes and water bodies that have now been encroached and reduced to a tiny pond as a byproduct of its development. The 992-acre sized lake has now become a huge pile of wasteland and a collection of urban sewage. This makes the place highly notorious during the October-December rainy season for water logging. It is not unusual for people to wade in hip-deep water in the roads during this time, caused due to sudden cyclonic downpour and improper drainage systems.

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The Korattur lake of today

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Korattur during rains

Korattur has a few good schools in this region, one of the principal ones being Bhaktavatsalam Vidyashram and is quite well modernised compared to most places in this semi-urban region. But the oldest school in the region is Dr.Nalli Kuppuswamy Vivekananda Vidyalaya. And Ebenesar School,Good Shepered are the privetly held schools. There is one Govt School at Chavadi Street.

There is one Women college in Korattur, Bakthavatsalam College for Women.

The transportaion to Korattur are linked by Train and Bus services. Trains(EMU) starting from Central Railway station to Avadi/Arakonnam stops at Korattur. And city bus services are 7B from Parrys Corner,16A from Ethiraj Collge,41D from Mandavelli and 47G from Beasent nagar.

The cost of living is not so high in Korattur as the rentals for 2 BHK will range from 2500/- month onwards to 4000/- only. For pious people there are few Hindu Temples,the oldest being Jambookeshwar Temple and two churches one CSI and one RC.