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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Chetpet
| other_name =
| settlement_type = neighbourhood
| image_skyline = Pond at Chetput.JPG
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Chetpet Lake
| nickname =
| map_alt =
| map_caption =
| pushpin_map = India Chennai#Tamil Nadu#India
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| coordinates = {{coord|13.07412|N|80.24238|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = Chennai
| subdivision_type3 = Metro
| subdivision_name3 = Chennai
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_type =
| governing_body = [[Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority|CMDA]]
| unit_pref = Metric
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = 
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| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Urban planning|Planning]] agency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority|CMDA]]
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}}
'''Chetpet''' is a locality in the [[India]]n city of [[Chennai]] It is served by [[Chetpet (Chennai Suburban Railway)|Chetpet railway station]] in the Beach-Tambaram line of [[Chennai Suburban Railway]]. Chetpet has a pond between the Chetpet railway station and the Poonamallee High Road, one of the last surviving natural water bodies in the city. It is the locality in Chennai where the mathematician [[Ramanujan]] died.<ref>{{cite news|title=Squaring the circle|work=The Hindu|volume=132|issue=102|page=3|date=2006-04-23|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/squaring-the-circle/article3232003.ece|access-date=2016-09-18}}</ref>

==History==
Along with [[Egmore]] and [[Nungambakkam]], Chetpet is considered one of the original villages merged by the British to form Chennai.<ref>[[History of Chennai]]</ref><ref>[[Nungambakkam]]</ref><ref name="Dinamalar_RebBuildings">[http://www.dinamalar.com/Topnewsdetail.asp?news_id=1439 Dinamalar.com "சென்னையும் சிவப்பு நிற கட்டடங்களும்"]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===Development===
Until recently, the waters of [[Chetpet lake]] supplied [[groundwater recharge]] for the surrounding neighbourhoods.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lakshmi|first=K.|title=Hyacinth robbing Chetpet lake of life|volume=132|issue=102|page=3|date=2009-04-30|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/30/stories/2009043059710300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503091818/http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/30/stories/2009043059710300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-05-03|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2009-05-01}}</ref>

===Location – Chetpet===
Chetpet is located at the center of Chennai, not far from Egmore railway station. CMBT is 8 km from Chetpet.

===Educational institutions===
*Auxilium Girls Higher Secondary School
*Lady Andal Venkata Subba Rao Matriculation School
*Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School
*Madras Christian College Matriculation Higher Secondary School
*Maharishi Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School
*Sherwood Hall Senior Secondary School
*The Madras Seva Sadan Higher Secondary School
*Union Christian Matriculation Higher Secondary School

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Chetput Village.jpeg|Chetpet village in 1905
File:Chetput Pond1.JPG
File:Chetput Pond.jpg
File:Pond at Chetput1.JPG
File:Chetput View.jpeg|Chetpet View
</gallery>

===Location in context===
{{Geographic location
|title = '''Areas of Chennai'''
|Northwest = [[Kilpauk]]
|North = [[Kilpauk]]
|Northeast = [[Purasaiwalkam]]
|West = [[Aminjikarai]]
|Centre = Chetpet
|East = [[Egmore]]
|Southwest = [[Nungambakkam]]
|South = [[Nungambakkam]]

|Southeast = [[Nungambakkam]]
}}

==References==
{{Portal|India}}
{{Commons category|Chetput}}
{{reflist}}

{{Neighborhoods of Chennai}}
{{Areas of Chennai}}
{{Chennai district}}
{{Chennai Topics}}

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Chennai]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in Chennai district]]

{{Chennai-geo-stub}}

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