Meenambakkam

Meenambakkam
—  suburb  —
Meenambakkam Location of Meenambakkam in Chennai and India
Coordinates	12°59′04″N 80°10′29″E / 12.98456°N 80.17470°E / 12.98456; 80.17470Coordinates: 12°59′04″N 80°10′29″E / 12.98456°N 80.17470°E / 12.98456; 80.17470
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District(s)	Kancheepuram
Population	4,774 (2001[update])
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)

Meenambakkam (Tamil: மீனம்பாக்கம்) is a town in Kancheepuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The Chennai International Airport Cargo Terminal is situated here. It has access to other parts of the city through suburban trains and buses. It also has a splendid hillock nearby.

AAI (Airports Authority of India, earlier Civil Aviation Colony) Quarters is located in Meenambakkam. It houses around 200 families. Durga Pooja, Ayyappa Pooja, Sri Rama Navami are conducted in the Community Hall located in the colony. The Colony is close to the Meenambakkam Domestic terminal, flying club and the Meenambakkam International airport. There are two schools in the colony—the Civil Aviation Middle school providing Grades 1 through 8, and the Little Flower Nursery School. Both cater to the needs of parents residing in Meenambakkam, Palavanthangal and Nanganallur. The Civil Aviation Middle school's medium and High er secondary of instruction in Tamil with English as a 2nd language taught from Grade 3, while the Littler Flower Nursery School's medium of instruction is English only. The colony is also close to the Jain College in Meenambakkam. At walking distance from the colony, are two intra-city electric train stations (Meenambakkam and Palavanthangal), providing further access to other schools and colleges to the residents of the colony. not only colony, other than - there are many streets in interior,and Meenambakkam has another speciality of Cricket and cricket teams like OMCC. and many chaps were placed in various famousive organisations like Siemens, Sutherland, Tcs,Cholamadalam, Hcl, Infosys, Visteon etc...

Demographics

Historical populations
Year	Pop.	±%
1981	3,092	—
1991	3,802	+23.0%
1891	3,609	−5.1%
Sources: 1981 - 2001: G. Dattatri (February 10-11, 2005). WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION IN PERI-URBAN CHENNAI – CASE STUDY FINDINGS. Service Provision Governance in the Peri-Urban Interface of Metropolitan Areas. pp. 8.

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[1] Meenambakkam had a population of 3609. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Meenambakkam has an average literacy rate of 86%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 90%, and female literacy is 83%. In Meenambakkam, 7% of the population is under 6 years of age.

References

1. ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.