Perumalpattu | |
Other Name: | Perumalpet |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Tamil Nadu, India |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Tamil Nadu |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Thiruvallur |
Subdivision Type3: | Metro |
Subdivision Name3: | Chennai City |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Total: | 3920 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Tamil |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code: | 602024 |
Registration Plate: | TN20 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Metro |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Chennai |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Thiruvallur |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Blank3 Info Sec1: | Thiruvallur |
Perumalpattu is a suburb of Chennai Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is situated between Chennai and Arakkonam near the Chennai–Arakkonam railway line. It is a town in the suburb of Chennai. Once upon a time the villagers lived near the koovam river which passes adjacent to the village, a big flood happened in the river which has resulted the villagers to migrate to the current land. (so in tamil "aaru peralapattadhinaal" its called as "peralapattu" and people later adapted perumal name in to peralapattu and called "perumalpattu". It is the western part of the city of Chennai. "perumalpattu" is part of the Chennai Metropolitan Area. The nearest railway station is Veppampattu railway station of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network.
The name can be attributed to the existence of a famous old Perumal (Lord Vishu of Hindu Mythology) temple.
Perumalpattu rettaikulam (twin ponds) was restored in 2019 by the villagers themselves.
in 2020 the rettaikulam (twin ponds) thamaraikulam was given a fresh look by the best efforts by the village residents with the help of the NGO named (united way, chennai) the thamaraikulam got half KM of the walking path, saplings planted around the pond, solar lights, strong fence protecting the pond, children's park, floating garden etc.
The closest railway station is Veppampattu which is about 2 km from Perumalpattu and MTH Road serve as good transport from/to Chennai. Frequent electric train services are operated from Chennai.
New Railway Over Bridge (ROB) across the railway track near Vepampattu railway station to link the transport between two major roads Chennai-Tiruttani Highway (NH-205) and Thiruvallur-Poonamalee High road (SH-50) through Perumalpattu road(Construction on the process). Town can be approached by the Lucas - Thiruvallur high road or Poonamalle high road. Tamil Nadu Government has provided bus facility travel from Veppampattu to nearest town Poonamalee and to the Chennai shopping hub T. Nagar.
Raja National Mat.Hr.sec school, Sriram Vidya Manthir (CBSE & Matric), Gomathi vidhyalaya, Gnana Banu School and a few government schools are available.