Pammal

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Chennai • Tamil Nadu • India
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 Pammal 
Coordinates: 12°58′30″N 80°08′05″E / 12.975, 80.134722
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
District(s) Kancheepuram
Population 49,744 (2001)
Municipal Chairman Karunanidhi (DMK PARTY)
Codes
• Pincode
• Telephone
• 600075
• +2248

Coordinates: 12°58′30″N 80°08′05″E / 12.975, 80.134722 Pammal (Tamil: பம்மல்) is a town in Kancheepuram district in Tamilnadu state of India. It is a populated neighbourhood of the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India. Pammal is home to more than 250,000 people. Some world class leather skins are prepared in and around Pammal. It is very close to Chennai International Airport (MAA).Pammal also has good schools like St. Sebastian Matriculation Hr. Sec School, Sankara Vidhyalaya Matriculation School and Saradha Matriculation school. It is a very good place to live peacefully. It is also the birth place of Pammal Sambandanaar. Many departmental stores, hotels and coaching institutes, produces many state toppers in Board Examinations, where many students study is situated at Krishna Nagar, Pammal. Pammal is the second richest panchayat union in india after ambathur.

For an important residential area, the roads of Pammal are very narrow. Among these, Nalla Thambi Road and Kalaignar Road are the major ones. In the recent past the Pammal post office has been shifted to a new location at Sindhalamman koil street near the Pammal market Road.

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[edit] Nearest Places

[edit] Hospitals

[edit] College Busses:

The college busses of following can be seen in the pammal(Irattai pillaiar koil) bus stand...



* Madha Engg College
* St.Josephs college of Engg
* Panimalar college of Engg
* Jeppiar college of Engg
* SRR college of Engg
* Mamallan college of Engg
* Sri krishna college of Engg
* S R M Univ,
* Dhanalakshmi college of Engg(DCE)
* Jerusalem college of Engg
* SSN College Of Engg

[edit] Entertainment

  • Velco Theatre (Anakaputhur)
  • Arunmathi Theatre (Anakaputhur) [now with QUBE]
  • Vettri Theatre (Chrompet)
  • Janatha Theatre (Pallavaram)

[edit] Temples:

      It has the famous two ganesh statue temple near pammal bus stop.
      Akeeswarar & Amridhambai koil with Sooriamman koil, an ancient temple with a huge temple tank is situated in pammal.  The temple and its tank were recently renovated with the public support.  The temple tank is used by the walkers club for morning walking.

It has Sandhi Amman Kovil with siva temple in it.

Agatheeswarar Temple (Polizhalur)
Kundrathur Murugan Temple (Kundrathur)
Mangadu Kamakshi Temple (Mangadu)
Angeeneyar Temple (Pammal - near to signal office)

[edit] Transportation

  • Bus Service : 60 (MTC) 52 (MTC) & 66 (MTC & Private Operators)
  • Nearest Railway Station : Pallavaram (at 2 km)

[edit] Banks

  • IOB [Pammal]
  • Andhra Bank, [Pammal]
  • Syndicate Bank [Pammal]

[edit] ATM

  • Indian Bank, Anakaputhur
  • IOB, Pammal
  • Syndicate Bank Pammal

College:

      It has the Sankara college in pammal main road.

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census[1], Pammal had a population of 49,744. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Pammal has an average literacy rate of 81%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 85%, and female literacy is 77%. In Pammal, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.

ANCIENT PAMMAL: Pammal means vimmal in tamil mean crying.

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