Gopalapuram, Chennai

Gopalapuram
Gopalapuram
Neighborhood
	Gopalapuram Location in Chennai Gopalapuram Location in Tamil Nadu Gopalapuram Location in India
	Coordinates: 13°03′00″N 80°15′30″E / 13.05°N 80.2582°ECoordinates: 13°03′00″N 80°15′30″E / 13.05°N 80.2582°E
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai
Metro	Chennai
Population
• Total	35,359
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	600086
Vehicle registration	TN-06
Lok Sabha constituency	Chennai Central
Assembly constituency	Thousand Lights

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Gopalapuram is a prime residential locality in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is surrounded by Royapettah in the North and East, Mylapore in the South-East, Teynampet in the South and Thousand Lights in the West. It is located 17 km (11 mi) from the Chennai International Airport and 3 km (1.9 mi) from Chennai Central railway station. It is located in between Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai and Anna Salai. Avvai Shanmugam Road passes through Gopalapuram, dividing it into North Gopalapuram and South Gopalapuram. Gopalapuram comes under Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency.

Educational institutions[edit]

Gopalapuram has many schools which are considered to be the best in Chennai. The educational institutions at Gopalapuram include:

DAV Girls Senior Secondary School
DAV Boys Senior Secondary School
National Public School
Sri Sarada Secondary School (Affiliated to the CBSE)
Church Park Convent
Gopalapuram Boys Higher Secondary School
Ganapathy Girls Higher Secondary School

Important places[edit]

Sri Venugopalaswamy Temple
Residence of the family of DMK leader and former chief minister of Tamil Nadu, Muthuvel Karunanidhi
U.S. Consulate General
Semmozhi Poonga (Literally translated to "Classical Language Park") is a botanical garden in Chennai set up by the horticulture department of the Government of Tamil Nadu. The garden was opened on 24 November 2010 by the then chief Minister Karunanidhi and is the first botanical garden in the city.
Khadi Gramodyog Bhavan