Pallikaranai
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Pallikaranai
Tamil Nadu • India |
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| District(s) | Kancheepuram |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Population | 22,503 (2001) |
Pallikaranai is a town in Kancheepuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001 India censusGRIndia, Pallikaranai had a population of 22,503. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Pallikaranai has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 67%. In Pallikaranai, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.There are many lakes here,and there are so many temples,parks and schools.Real Estate is the major business here.
Now many IT&ITES companies are opening their offices in this area. So rate of growth of real estate is more than 30%.
[edit] Pallikaranai Marsh
Pallikaranai wetland is a fresh water swamp adjacent to the Bay of Bengal situated about 20 km. south of Chennai city with a geographical area of 80 sq. km. The swamp is helpful in charging the aquifers of the region. It is one of the last few remaining natural ecosystems in the city of Chennai. The topography of the swamp is such that it always retains some storage, thus forming an aquatic ecosystem. It has been a home for naturally occurring plants (61 species), fish (46 species), birds (106 species), butterflies (7 species), reptiles (21 species) and some exotic floating vegetation such as water hyacinth and water lettuce, which are less extensive now and highly localized. Recent reports of the appearance of the white-spotted garden skink, for the first time in Tamilnadu, and Russell’s viper, the largest and the most widespread among Asian vipers, confirm its invaluable ecological status. Fish such as dwarf gourami and chromides that are widely bred and traded worldwide for aquaria, occur naturally in Pallikaranai. Besides, the windowpane oyster, mud crab, mullet, half beak and green chromide are some of the estuarine fauna present in the marsh. Dumping of solid waste, discharge of sewage, construction of buildings, construction of a railway station and a new road to connect old Mahabhalipuram road and Pallavaram are causing the Pallikaranai marsh to shrink.Ref
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