Guduvancheri

It is situated 35 km from Chennai between Tambaram and Chengalpattu. Guduvanchery is a rapidly developing town along the National Highway 45 that connects Chennai with the cities in southern and western Tamil Nadu. Guduvancheri has a railway station, bus stand, government hospital, telephone exchange, electricity office, post office, police station and higher secondary schools. Guduvancheri is a hub for towns like Adhanur, Madambakkam, Kayarambedu, Perumattunallur, Pandur, Karanaipudhucheri, Potheri, Nellikuppam, Thailavaram, Thiruporur and Vellancheri. The suburb is well known due to its proximity to the prestigious SRM University and its group of institutions (Valliammai Engineering College, SRM Medical College, SRM Hospital, Valliammai Polytechnic, SRM Polytechnic, SRM Institute of hotel Management, SRM Arts and Science, SRM Pharmacy) which are located in Potheri, 2 km from Guduvancheri. It is becoming the largest residential area between Tambaram and Chengalpet because of the IT companies in and around Guduvanchery like Accenture, Ford, Mahindra World City and SEZ. Contents
1 Administration
2 Neighborhoods
2.1 Guduvancheri
2.2 Nandivaram
2.3 EB bus stop area
2.4 Srinivasapuram
2.5 Vallancheri
2.6 Nellikuppam Road
2.7 Madambakkam
2.8 Adhanur
3 Demographics
4 Transportation
5 Economy and Finance
6 Schools and Education
7 Religion
8 See also
9 References
Administration

This town is named as Nandivaram-Guduvancheri for administrative purposes. Its status is Panchayat Union, headed by a democratically elected chairman and served my similarly elected ward members. It is expected to be upgraded to a municipality after the 2010 Census, since the town's population has increased manifold in the recent years. The pincode of this town is 603202. Neighborhoods

Guduvancheri
The main part of the town is the area in and around the Bus Stand, Traffic signal and Railway station. The Bus stand is on the eastern side of the highway and Railway station on the west. Police station is behind the bus station.The market is also in the west side. Nandivaram
Nandivaram is the residential area for many years, which is reached through and along the Nandivaram Main Road next to the Government Health Center. The Nandeeswarar temple which is a long standing religious structure in the area is located here. The place gets its name from this temple.
[edit]EB bus stop area
In the northern part is the EB bus stop area where the Electricity Board office is there. Viswanathapuram, Balaji Avenue, Sterling Little Flower Apartments, Mahalakshmi Nagar are the residential areas here. Upcoming apartments like Akshaya homes, Vaikunta are located here near the National Highway 45NH45, behind EB Bus stop. Srinivasapuram
On the south, is the Srinivasapuram area. Many banks,tasmac and a bus stop are located in this area. Vallancheri
Vallancheri which also falls under the administration of Guduvancheri is near the SRM University. Estancia- an integrated township is being developed here. Nellikuppam Road
Nellikuppam Road is another important road which runs from near the Traffic signal towards Nellikuppam in the east. It leads to places like Vishnupriya Nagar, Perumattunallur, Kayarambedu,INTIMATE FASHIONS etc . The road eventually ends at Thiruporur making it a vital road connecting GST Road and the coastal areas. Madambakkam
Madambakkam is the area in the west side of Guduvancheri. A road from near the traffic signal runs west crossing the railway track leading to Madambakkam. It is populated by residential settlements. Adhanur
Adhanur is reached through Madambakkam. It is a village slowly getting populated by residential settlements. Demographics

As per current available data, the town is home for more than 30,000 people. The majority of them are Tamil. Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi languages are also prevalently spoken. The town plays host for other state students who study at SRM institutions, migrant workers from North India who are working in large constructions that take place in the area and other state people who work in nearby IT and automobile companies. Transportation

Guduvancheri is well connected to Chennai, Chengalpattu and southern cities through road and rail. MTC Buses Guduvancheri was the last stop for the Chennai Metro Bus Service, Southern area until mid of 2007. In 2007, the buses were extended to Maraimalainagar. In 2008, MTC buses were extended to Chengalpet. Guduvancheri has a Bus stand and two other bus stops near EB office( EB Stopping) and Srinivasapuram. Some MTC bus Services from Guduvancheri are
Route Number Destination
E18 Chennai High Court/Broadway (via Anna Salai)
PP21 Chennai Broadway (via Madhya Kailash, Adyar, Marina Beach)
G18 T. Nagar
G70 Vadapalani
70V Koyambedu(CMBT)
170K Ambattur O.T. M18 Tambaram
M18G Hastinapuram(Chromepet)
M18N Nanganallur
M52 Pozhichallur (Near Pallavaram)
M18L Tambaram-Guduvancheri-Madambakkam
118p Guduvancheri-puzhuthivakkam (via Brindavan nagar, Ngo colony, Adambakkam, guindy race corse road)
G118 Tnagar-Tambaram-Guduvancheri-kavanoor
These buses stop at EB bus stop and Guduvancheri bus stand. Other MTC buses passing through Guduvancheri are
Route Number Route Description
500 T.Nagar-Chengalpattu
577 Mandaveli-Chengalpattu
540 Avadi-Chengalpattu
500A Hasthinapuram-Chengalpattu
500B High Court-Mahindracity
500Ct' Broadway-Chengalpattu (AC Bus)
M500 Tambaram-Chengalpattu
M118 Tambaram-Maraimalai Nagar
555N Tambaram-Thiruporur
All these buses stop at Guduvancheri Bus stand. Only M500, M118 stop at Srinivasapuram and EB Bus Stop. Also the found below buses from Villupuram Transport Corporation and TNSTC will stop at Guduvancheri Bus stand. Route Number Route Description
60 Chengalpattu-Tambaram
60M Tambaram-Marudheri
500 T.Nagar-Chengalpattu
540 Avadi-Chengalpattu
Southbound Buses Most southbound buses stop at Guduvancheri. Buses from Villupuram Transport Corporation like the 122, 121, 521, 139, 83A which go to Melmaruvathur, Tindivanam, Tiruvannamalai, Puducherry stop here. Even though there is no stage for the town in many long distance buses, these buses pick-up passengers and fare is that of Tambaram. Hence Trichy, Salem, Kumbakonam, Madurai, Villupuram, Tiruvannamalai, etc buses can be boarded from here. Suburban Railway All local suburban trains will stop in Guduvancheri. The first train from Chengalpattu that goes towards tambaram reaches Guduvancheri at about 4:25 am. This train reaches Tambaram at about 5:00 am. The railway station code of Guduvancheri is GI. This is the code that needs to be used for railway ticket reservations. Economy and Finance

Canara Bank, Indian Bank, Corporation Bank, State Bank of India ,Union Bank of India,state bank of Travancore and Dena bank at Guduvancheri. Corporation bank, Indian Bank also provides ATM facility at Guduvancheri branch. Canara bank provides two ATM one at its branch (Srinivaspuram) and another near Guduvancheri railway station. Tamil Nadu Mercantile Bank with ATM is also in Guduvancheri (Srinivasapuram). Guduvancheri is the Town of Marriage Halls as it houses 15 Marriage Halls within 2 km diameter. NPR marriage hall is the biggest hall in Guduvancheri. It’s located near by EB(TNEB - Electricity Board) Bus Stop. Guduvancheri has more than 100,000 houses are there with 500,000 people are living there. Mutthaiya medical center is the biggest hospital in guduvanchery. SVP GARDEN is the first Gated community in Guduvanchery. Estancia - Chennai's first integrated Township is a joint venture of L&T and Arun Excello pvt. It consists of a IT SEZ with More than 2000 Luxury Apartments, Vidhya Mandir school, shopping mall, mutiplexes and hotels. The newly started CBSE syllabus school in the name of Nandhivaram Vivekananda Vidyala for Academic Year 2010 - 2011 for classes from Pre.K.G. to Xth Std. Schools and Education

There are many schools in Guduvancheri. Some of them are:
Govt. Boys Higher Secondary School, Govt. Girls Higher Secondary School, Bharathiar Matriculation Hr.Sec.School, St.John's Matriculation School, Holy Sai International School, Neelan Matriculation School, St.Mary's Matriculation School, Jayaram Matriculation school, Vidya Mandir CBSE school (Estancia, Vallancheri), Computer centers such as Csc computer education center and Apollo computer center is situated in guduvanchery . Religion

Guduvancheri houses more than 20 temples (Nantheeshwarar Temple, Mamarathu (Mango tree) Pillayar Temple, Neethe vinayagar Temple, Srinivasa Perumal Temple, Muthumariamman Temple, Puthupalayathu Amman temple and a lot of Amman temples), and churches like C.S.I St. Andrew Church(more than 350 member families), IGM Church and a few Mosques. Nandeeswarar temple is one of the historical temple of Guduvancheri. Vethathiri Maharishi who founded World Community Service Centre(WCSC), a movement for world peace was born in Guduvancheri in 1911[1] and left earthly abode at the age of 95 in 2006 at Aliyar near Pollachi. He started as weaver from this town and became a great yoga practitioner and preacher apart from becoming a Siddha Expert. Guduvancheri is also well known in Movies and TV for its name. Guduvancheri is the largest town between Tambaram and Chengelpat. It is the only town that has a Cinema theater between Tambaram and Chengalpattu, which is Venkateswara Theatre which serves the B-Center and C-center audience.