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{{about|a neighbourhood in [[Perambur]], [[Chennai]]|an assembly constituency in [[Tamil Nadu]]|Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar (State Assembly Constituency)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}}
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'''Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar''' or '''TVK Nagar''' or '''Thiru. V. Kalyaanasundaram Nagar''', named after the Tamil scholar [[Thiru. V. Kalyanasundaram]], is a developed residential area in North [[Chennai]], a metropolitan city in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].

==Location==
Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar is located with the [[Geographic coordinate system|coordinates]] of ({{coord|13.1199|N|80.2342|E}}) in Chennai.

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The neighbouring places of Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar are as follows:
[[Peravallur]] (0.5 km), [[Agaram]] (0.8 km), [[Sembium]] (1 km), [[Periyar Nagar]] (2 km), [[Kolathur, Chennai|Kolathur]] (2 km), [[Moolakadai]] (2 km), [[Kodungaiyur]] (3 km), [[Ponniammanmedu]] (3 km), [[Vyasarpadi]] (4 km), [[Madhavaram, Chennai|Madhavaram]] (5 km), [[Madhavaram Milk Colony]] (5 km), [[Vinayagapuram]] (5 km), [[Doveton, Chennai|Doveton]] (5 km), [[Purasaiwalkam]] (5 km), [[Vepery]] (5.5 km), [[Mathur MMDA]] (6 km), [[Manali, Chennai|Manali]] (7 km), [[Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central railway station]] (8 km), [[Sengundram|Red Hills]] (11 km), [[Chennai Egmore railway station]] (9 km) and [[Broadway, Chennai|Broadway Bus Terminus]] (10 km).

==Constituency==
Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar is located within the new [[Kolathur (Chennai) (State Assembly Constituency)|Kolathur Constituency]] created after the delimitation of constituencies in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008|url=http://www.elections.tn.nic.in/forms/int3.pdf|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515102633/http://elections.tn.nic.in/forms/int3.pdf|archive-date=2012-05-15}}</ref> Another constituency named after Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar is [[Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar (State Assembly Constituency)|Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar Constituency]] which is also created after the delimitation of constituencies in 2008. Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar is not represented in [[Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar (State Assembly Constituency)|Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar Constituency]] which represents the areas of [[Perambur]](part), [[Ayanavaram]], [[Otteri]], [[Pattalam, Chennai|Pattalam]], [[Pulianthope]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Thiru.Vi. Ka Nagar residents complain of unkept promises|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/thiruvi-ka-nagar-residents-complain-of-unkept-promises/article8518898.ece|access-date=30 April 2016|work=The Hindu|date=25 April 2016}}</ref>

==Greater Chennai Corporation Zone==
Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar is also a zone in the [[Greater Chennai Corporation]].<ref name=oneindia>{{Cite web |title=சென்னை மாநகராட்சி எல்லைகள் விஸ்தரிப்பு- 200 வார்டுகளுடன் மெகா மாநகராட்சியானது |url=https://tamil.oneindia.com/news/2011/09/09/chennai-corporation-will-have-200-wards-15-zones-aid0091.html |publisher=Oneindia |access-date=31 August 2012}}</ref> It is one of the 15 zones of the [[Greater Chennai Corporation]] in which, it contains wards 64 to 78. It is named as the 6th Zone of the [[Greater Chennai Corporation]] in Central Chennai Region.

{{Geographic Location
|title = '''''Directions From Thiru. Vi. Ka Nagar'''''
|Northwest = [[Kumaran Nagar]]
|North = [[Ponniammanmedu]]
|Northeast = [[Moolakadai]]
|West = [[Kolathur, Chennai|Kolathur]]
|Centre = Thiru. Vi. Ka Nagar
|East = [[Periyar Nagar]]
|Southwest = [[Jawahar Nagar]]
|South = [[Peravallur]]
|Southeast = [[Perambur]]/[[Sembium]]
}}

==Entertainment==
Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar has a wide range of entertainment venues such as cinemas and parks nearby. [[Perambur]] has the first shopping mall of the north Chennai [[Spectrum Mall (Chennai)|Spectrum Mall]]. It also consists of a 5 screen Multiplex named S2 Cinemas which is controlled by theater franchise [[SPI Cinemas]]. Other nearby theatres are Sri Brinda Theatre ([[Perambur]]), Ganga Cinemas ([[Kolathur, Chennai|Kolathur]]), Sri Shanmuga Cinemas ([[Moolakadai]]), Pandian Theatre ([[Kodungaiyur]]), Iyyapa Theatre ([[Erukkancherry]]). Perambur has also got Chennai's first Disco Water park named Murasoli Maran Flyover Park which is always crowded in the weekends.

==Transportation==

===Railways===
[[File:Perambur Railway Station.jpg|thumbnail|Perambur Railway Station with view of Perambur Fly over]]
{{main|Perambur (Railway station)}}

Perambur is served by three railway stations. They are [[Perambur (Railway station)|Perambur]], [[Perambur Carriage Works]] and [[Perambur Loco Works]]. Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar can be easily accessed from any of the three stations.

===MTC Buses===
[[Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai)|MTC]] has a bus terminus in Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar. The bus terminus is located on Sundararaja Perumal Koil street (North) amidst Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar. [[Ayanavaram]], [[Perambur]], [[Madhavaram, Chennai|Madhavaram]], [[Alandur]] depots of MTC operate buses to Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar.

==Sub-neighbourhoods==
Gandhi Nagar, Anbazhagan Nagar, Ramamurthy Colony, Vetri Nagar, Kennedy Square, Gopalapuram and Krishna Nagar are some of the important sub-neighbourhoods of Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar.

==Roads and Streets==
Pallavan salai, SRP koil street (North) and Bashyam street are some of the important roads and streets of Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar.

== Adjacent communities ==
{{Adjacent communities
| Centre = Thiru. Vi. Ka Nagar
| North = [[Ponniammanmedu]]
| Northeast = [[Moolakadai]]
| East = [[Perambur]]
| Southeast = [[Sembium]]
| South = [[Agaram]]
| Southwest = [[Periyar Nagar]]
| West = [[Peravallur]]
| Northwest = [[Kolathur, Chennai|Kolathur]]
}}

==References==
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{{Areas of Chennai}}
{{Chennai Topics}}
{{Chennai district}}

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Chennai]]

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