Porur
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Porur | |
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Neighbourhood | |
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  Porur Porur (Chennai)  Porur Porur (Tamil Nadu) | |
| Coordinates: 13°02′18″N 80°09′23″E / 13.038200°N 80.156500°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Chennai |
| Taluk | Maduravoyal |
| Zone | Central Chennai Zone |
| Government | |
| • Type | Chennai Corporation |
| • Body | Chennai Corporation |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.78 km2 (1.46 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 43 m (141 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 28,783 |
| • Density | 7,610/km2 (19,700/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 600 116 |
| Vehicle registration | TN 10(RTO, Chennai(South West)) |
Porur (Tamil: [poːɾuːɾ]) is a neighbourhood of the city of Chennai, India. It forms part of the Maduravoyal taluk of Chennai district.[1] Situated about 18 kilometres (11 miles) by road from Chennai Central railway station in the western part of the city, Porur is largely a residential neighbourhood known for the Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Porur market and the Porur Lake which supplies drinking water to the city of Chennai.
The earliest recorded history of Porur goes back to the Chola period when it formed a nādu of the Chola Empire. Porur was administered by a village panchayat till 1 October 1977, when it was elevated to the status of a town panchayat. In 2011, the Porur town panchayat was abolished and its jurisdiction included within the Greater Chennai Corporation as part of the Corporation wards 151 and 153.
Porur Lake is the major source of fresh water for suburban areas such as Iyyapanthangal, Moulivakkam and Mangadu. Porur is also known for the Ramachandra Medical College. Porur houses Mono-pulse Secondary Surveillance radar, one of the two radars in the city, which aids air-transport communication.[2]
Porur is located at 13.03° N and 80.16° E, and 52 feet (15 metres) above sea level. It is bounded on the east and south-east by the Pallavaram Hills.
History
The Ramanatheswarar Temple in Porur has an inscription of the Chola king Kulothunga II who ruled from 1133 CE to 1150 CE. Porur might have served as the administrative centre of the eponymous Perūr Nādū of the Chola province of Puliyur Kottam. The juridisction of Perur Nadu extended over a considerable area and included the surrounding neighbourhoods of Manapakkam and Kolapakkam as evidenced by inscriptions at the Agasteeswarar Temple in Kolapakkam.
The earliest modern references to Porur come from British maps and books of the late 18th century. In the early 19th century, the Kodambakkam-Kunrathur road and the St. Thomas Mount-Poonamallee Road were major trade and communication routes leading into Chennai city. However still, Porur was predominantly rural and sparsely populated till the 1960s, when the W. S. Industries and the Moonlight factory were established with land and support from the Government of Tamil Nadu.[3][4][5][6][7][8] The population grew from 1,938 in 1961 to 3,539 in 1971 and accelerated even further in the following decades achieving growth rates of 144 percent and 126 percent during 1971-81 and 1981-91 respectively.
Porur village panchayat was upgraded to a Grade-I town panchayat on 1 October 1977.[9] It was further upgraded to a selection grade town panchayat on 24 February 1982.[9]Porur was transferred from the Saidapet taluk of Chengalpattu district to the Poonamallee taluk of Tiruvallur district when Tiruvallur district was carved out of Chengalpattu district in 1991.
During a major reorganization exercise in October 2011, the Porur town panchayat was abolished and the areas under its jurisdiction absorbed into the Greater Chennai Corporation where they were divided between wards 151 and 153 of the corporation. In 2018, Porur was transferred from Tiruvallur district to Chennai district where it forms part of the Maduravoyal taluk.
