Perumbakkam

Perumbakkam
Town
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Coordinates:12.9053°N 80.1986°E/12.9053; 80.1986
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chengalpattu
Metro	Chennai
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30(IST)
PIN	600100
Vehicle registration	TN-14

Perumbakkamis a suburb of the southernIndiancity ofChennaiinChengalpattudistrict.

Location

It is bound bySholinganallurto the east,Semmencherryto the south,Medavakkamto the north andSithalapakkamto the west. It is only a few kilometers from the fast developing IT corridorOMRof Chennai. ELCOT SEZ Campus which hosts major IT service providers like HCL, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, Cognizant among others is closer to Perumbakkam. Perumbakkam is connected toTambaramthrough the Velachery-Tambaram road and toSholinganallurthrough the Medavakkam-Sholinganallur road.

TheGreat Trigonometrical Survey,aSurvey of Indiainitiative to survey the whole land mass of India was started from the measurement of a small section of plain land with Perumbakkam Hill on the southern end by Major Lambton in 1802 CE.

Perumbakkam lake

The Perumbakkam lake spreads over 200 acres (0.81 km²) and is a vital source of water to residents and farmers in Perumbakkam, Vengaivaasal and Sithalapakkam village(s). Nearly 100 families raise vegetables and other crops whenever water is available in the lake.