Pudupet (Chennai)

Pudupet is a Neighbourhood located in Chennai district of Tamil Nadu in India. Pudupet is known for its sales of Automobile spare parts and old vehicles and their spares.^[1][2][3]

Pudupet (Chennai)   Komaleeswaranpet  Pudupet
Neighbourhood
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Coordinates: 13°04′08.8″N 80°15′15.1″E
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai district
Elevation	32    m (   ft)
Languages
• Official	Tamil language, English language
• Speech	Tamil language, English language
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
Telephone Code	044xxxxxxxx
Vehicle registration
Neighbourhoods	Egmore, Chintadripet, (Thousand Lights, Chennai), Nungambakkam, Park Town, Chennai, Periamet, Purasawalkam
Corporation	Greater Chennai Corporation
Zone & Ward
LS	Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency
VS	Egmore Assembly constituency
MP	Dayanidhi Maran
MLA	I. Paranthamen
Website	https://chennaicorporation.gov.in

Location

Pudupet is located near Egmore, in Chennai at an elevation of 32 m above the mean sea level and with the geographical coordinates of: 13°04'08.8"N, 80°15'51.1"°E (i.e. 13.0691°N, 80.2642°E).

Transport

Road transport

Pudupet is well connected by roads. Metropolitan Transport Corporation operates a lot of buses via. Pudupet. People from other areas of Chennai and other districts visit Pudupet using the bus services operated through the nearby Anna Salai.^{[citation needed]}

Rail transport

Chennai Egmore railway station which is very nearer to Pudupet serves it better for the people who come from a long way via. Tambaram. Chennai Central railway station which is about 2 km from Pudupet also helps people coming from far away via. Tiruvallur. Other metro (railway) stations are: LIC metro station, Government Estate metro station, Chintadripet railway station, Thousand Lights metro station, and so on. Egmore metro station serves residents of localities of Pudupet,^[4] Periyamet, Vepery and more.

Air transport

People from other states and districts that are served by airports can reach Pudupet by coming to Chennai International Airport which is 16 km from Pudupet and then by using rail or road transport facilities.^{[4][failed verification]}

Police Quarters

At the cost of ₹100.3 crore, residential quarters containing 596 houses for policemen attached to Armed Reserve, are constructed in Pudupet.^[5][6][7]