Surapet
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| Surapet | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Surapet | |
| Coordinates: 13°08′37″N 80°11′27″E / 13.14361°N 80.19083°ECoordinates: 13°08′37″N 80°11′27″E / 13.14361°N 80.19083°E | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Tiruvallur district |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
Surapet (aliase surapattu, Surapedu, Soorapettai) is an old village located in Chennai bypass between Ambattur and Puzhal.
This Village once a separate panchayat that comes under Puzhal Panchayat, now comes under chennai corporation, numbered as "24th ward" and it belongs to madhavaram constituency. It consist of small villages in it which were Sivaprakasam Nagar, Madhura Mettur, ShanmugaPuram, , Murugambedu, JP Nagar, JP Nagar Annexe, DG Nagar, Ezhil Nagar, Arul Nagar, Velammal Nagar, Britania Nagar, etc.
About 200 years ago people from a village of same name Surapet near Sholavaram migrated to this village due to poverty in their home place and named the same name to this village also.
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