Medavakkam

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Medavakkam
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Medavakkam
Coordinates: 12°55′02″N80°11′34″E / 12.917158°N 80.19287°E / 12.917158; 80.19287 Coordinates: 12°55′02″N80°11′34″E / 12.917158°N 80.19287°E / 12.917158; 80.19287
CountryIndia
State Tamil Nadu
Population
  TotalApproximately 22,000
Languages
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
600100
Telephone code044-22770733
Vehicle registration TN-14
Lok Sabha constituencySouth Chennai
Vidhan Sabha constituencySholinganallur

Medavakkam is a southern suburb of Chennai in Tambaram taluk of Chengalpattu district, which is adjacent to the neighbourhood of Sholinganallur, Madipakkam, Selaiyur, Keelkattalai, Velachery and Tambaram and it is center place to the developing suburbs like Ponmar, Ottiyambakkam and Sithalapakkam. Medavakkam is administered by Village Panchayat, which comes under the Shollinganallur MLA Constituency and South Chennai MP Constituency. This location is a fast developing residential locality due to its close proximity to the IT corridor OMR (approx 4 km from Sholinganallur) and SEZ in Medavakkam Sholinganallur Road.[ citation needed ]

According to a 2012 report by global property consultant Knight Frank, the neighbourhood has emerged as India's 6th largest destination for investment in the residential real estate, in the list of 13-top residential destinations in the country from an investment point of view, where housing prices are expected to increase by 103 percent over the period 2012–2017. [1]

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