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K. K. Nagar, Chennai

Neighbourhood in Chennai district, Tamil Nadu, India

Field	Value
name	K.K. Nagar
settlement_type	Neighbourhood
pushpin_map	India Chennai#Tamil Nadu#India
pushpin_map_caption	K.K. Nagar
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	India
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Tamil Nadu
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Chennai District
subdivision_type3	Metro
subdivision_name3	Chennai
subdivision_type4	Zone
subdivision_name4	Kodambakkam
subdivision_type5	Taluk
subdivision_name5	Mambalam
subdivision_type6	Police Station
subdivision_name6	R7
established_title
governing_body	Chennai Corporation
unit_pref	Metric
population_density_km2	auto
demographics_type1	Languages
demographics1_title1	Official
demographics1_info1	Tamil
timezone1	IST
utc_offset1	+5:30
postal_code_type	PIN
postal_code	600 078
registration_plate	TN 09 (RTO, Chennai West)
blank1_name_sec1	Planning agency
blank1_info_sec1	CMDA
blank2_name_sec1	Civic agency
blank2_info_sec1	Chennai Corporation
website

K.K. Nagar (shortened from Kalaignar Karunanidhi Nagar) is a neighbourhood located in the southern part of Chennai, India. This is situated west of Ashok Nagar and the Chennai Airport is around 10 km southwest of this place. K.K. Nagar was a locality developed in the 1970s and early 1980s.{{cite web |access-date=24 Feb 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826201439/http://www.cmdachennai.gov.in/Volume3_English_PDF/Vol3_Chapter01_Structure%20of%20Chennai.pdf |archive-date=2013-08-26

Transport

K. K. Nagar region is connected by roads to other important localities in the city. The region has a MTC Bus terminus located on Anna Main Road, which handles about 171 services a day. Vadapalani is the nearest commercial area to K. K. Nagar. One has to travel a good 12 km to reach the Chennai Central Station (Park Town) from here. Mambalam railway station is the nearest suburban railway station to the place, located 6 km to the south east of the place. Chennai Airport lies to the southwest of K. K. Nagar and about 10 km from the place. The Chennai Metro provides connectivity to this locality to other areas in Chennai including the Central railway station and the airport. The nearest metro station is Ashok Nagar metro station.

Characteristics

This region is one of the few planned townships in the city. The region is spread as a rectangular landmass with traversing roads running through the region. The locality has a number of apartments inhabited by the people living in this part of the city. It also has one of the prominent schools in Chennai, PSBB, the residents of K.K. Nagar mostly consists of the alumni and the current students. People have started many different business to take advantage of the vast population going to this school, for e.g. Tuitions, Book merchants etc. The entire region consists of 12 rectangular blocks otherwise called Sectors. In addition to these, there are nearly 105 streets distributed across the 15 sectors. The divisions are marked by straight roads running from north to south and from east to west of the region. K.K. Nagar is a well planned and designed area like Chandigarh. The 12 sectors at K.K. Nagar are developed, 3 in rows and 4 in columns. Each sector has 6 to 7 streets and a park at the middle.

Medical Facilities

ESIC medical college
Dr.Jayagar ENT & General Clinic
Crispr Skin and Hair Clinic

Neighborhood newspapers

Arcot Road Talk
Trendy Talk
Kk Nagar News
Pillar talk

Location in context

References

Info: Wikipedia Source

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