Perungudi

Perungudi
Neighbourhood
Perungudi Perungudi, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Coordinates: 12°57′55″N 80°14′46″E / 12.9654°N 80.2461°E / 12.9654; 80.2461[1]
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai
Metro	Chennai
Government
• Body	Greater Chennai Corporation
Elevation	47 m (154 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	43,111
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	600096
Vehicle registration	TN-07

Perungudi is a neighbourhood of Chennai in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is situated about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of Adyar. It is bordered on two sides by the Old Mahabalipuram Road and the Perungudi lake. It is situated on the Old Mahabalipuram IT Expressway right in middle of an Information Technology (IT) Estate. It is between Taramani and Thoraipakkam and parallel to Kottivakkam and Palavakkam in the East Coast Road (ECR Highway).

The suburb is inhabited by an equal mix of new migrants and descendants of some early clans who migrated to the area approximately 300 years ago. Perungudi is seeing heightened activities in recent years due to its strategic location. The population of Perungudi was approximately 8,000 in 2000 but has grown significantly in the years since then. Being in the IT Corridor of Chennai, Perungudi is increasingly being preferred as a residential locality by software engineers. Despite this significant growth, Perungudi lacks basic civic amenities such as underground storm and waste drainage system, piped potable water and good roads.^{[citation needed]}. This region has gained more importance owing to its location on the IT highway and proximity to city neighbourhoods like Palavakkam, Thiruvanmiyur, Adyar and Velachery.