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| Country | India | ||
| State | Tamil Nadu | ||
| District(s) | Kancheepuram | ||
| Population | 29,086 (2001[update]) | ||
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) | ||
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Puzhuthivakkam (Tamil: புழுதிவாக்கம்), commonly known as Ullagaram-Puzhuthivakkam (Tamil: உள்ளகரம்-புழுதிவாக்கம்) is one of the southern suburbs of Chennai. Though near Chennai, it is a town in Kancheepuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It neighbours the suburbs of Madipakkam, Adambakkam, Velachery, Pallikaranai and Nanganallur. This suburb of Chennai started to grow in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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As of 2001[update] India census,[1] Puzhuthivakkam had a population of 29,086. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Puzhuthivakkam has an average literacy rate of 85%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 88%, and female literacy is 82%. In Puzhuthivakkam, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Puzhuthivakkam has a bus stand commonly referred to as "Mandaveli". Nowadays buses ply directly from this bus stand to Koyambedu, High Court, Chennai Central Railway Station, Sriperumbudur etc. More buses to ply, once the road connecting to Velachery gets operational. Balaji nagar main road connects Puzhuthivakkam and Adambakkam.the construction of the extension NH45 with the name IRR(inner ring radial road) from OTA to Velachery is also putting this area under a fast developing areas of Chennai. Velachery - St.Thomas Mount MRTS Railway line construction is underway in Puzhuthivakkam.
Some of the important landmarks of Puzhuthivakkam/Ullagaram are Medavakkam main road, Kumaran Theatre, Drowpathi Amman Kovil and Oil mills bus stop.This development of this area has been slow ever since the 1970s, and most areas in this suburb often suffer from bad roads, water, sewage, garbage dumping, spoiling of the Pallikaranai marshlands and electricity problems, which are often neglected by the local politicians. The Puzhuthivakkam administration comes under the Ullagaram-Puzhuthivakkam municipality.
Some of the schools in this area are Vyasa Vidhyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School, New Prince matriculation higher secondary school and Karpaga Vigneshwara School.
There are several places of worship in this locality. A few of them include:
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