Medavakkam is one among the southern suburbs of Chennai

Medavakkam is one among the southern suburbs of Chennai. It is a residential locality close to the Chennai Airport and is adjacent to the suburbs 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 seems to be a quickly developing residential spot due to its close proximity to the IT corridor OMR (approx 4 km from Sholinganallur) and SEZ in Medavakkam Sholinganallur Road. This is a residentially preferred area due to its calm and airy locality, sweet ground water and access to good educational intitutions.

Medavakkam has a number of schools catering to students from Kindergarten to Higher Secondary.

Few of them are:

• SAHASRAS PRESCHOOL, Montessori School, Aishwarya Gardens
• Apple kids, Jayachandran Nagar
• Kinderstand Pre School,Jayachandran Nagar
• Global Kids, Jayachandran Nagar
• Baynes Memorial Baptisi Church Matriculation Higher Seconday School ( Jaladianpet near Asan mem. College)
• ABC Montessori(American Pre-school),VGP Pushpanagar
• Christ the King School, VGP Pushpa Nagar
• Zigma Matriculation School, Veerabadra Nagar
• BS Matriculation Higher Secondary School, VGP Babu Nagar.
• St. Joseph's Matriculation School, Medavakkam Junction
• BVM Global at Bollineni Hillside
• PSBB Millennium at DLF Garden City
• Ravindra Bharathi Global School, Keelkatalai (Opp. Mahatha Petroleum)
• Headstart at Sholinganallur
• Bharathi Vidyalaya (Perumbakkam Road)
• Boaz School CBSE (Tambaram Velacheri Road)
• Zigma Matriculation School
• Kidzee (No 1/630 A, Sowmiya Nagar, Sastha Nagar Main Road)
• Eurokids
• Little Millenium (No.7 & 8,11th Cross Street,Radha Nagar,Perumbakkam)
• Nethaji Vidyalaya Mambakkam Road
• St.John's public school (Near Isha Signature villa's Perumbakkam)
• Vidhya Matriculation Higher Secondary School (Near Pudhu Nagar Bus Stop)
• iPlay iLearn (Roja Street, Sabari Nagar Extension, Medavakkam) - http://www.ipilmedavakkam.com

Colleges

Medavakkam is surrounded by the following colleges:

• Prince Shri Venkateshwara Padmavathy Engg College
• Prince Dr. k Vasudevan college of engineering and technology
• Quaid E Milleth College For Men
• New Prince Sri Bhavani Arts & Science College
• Bharani Swathi College of Physiotherapy
• Bharani Swathi College of Arts and Science
• Asan memorial college of arts and science

Hospitals

• Global Health City, Perumbakkam is very close to Medavakkam Junction,
• Kamakshi Memorial Hospital, Pallikkaranai is a nearby 24x7 multi-speciality hospital,
• Annai Therasa Hospital - Medavakkam - Sholinganaullr Road Junction,
• Balachandar Hospital - Mambakkam Road just opposite to Post Office,
• Karunya Hospital - Near to Gupta Bhavan.
• Ainthiram Siddha Hospital -opp. to Ramkay TVS
• Vijaya Scans - Opp. to Gupta bhavan

Worship Places

• St. John's CSI Church, Medavakkam
• Srinivasa Perumal Temple, Pillaiyar Koil Street, Medavakkam
• Sahaya Madha Church, Medavakkam
• Sai Baba Temple, Soumya Nagar
• Arulmigu Sundara Vinayagar Temple,near medavakkam bus stand
• Pillaiyar kovil, BHEL Nagar 4th main road
• Anjaneyar Kovil, BHEL Nagar, Medavakkam main road.
• Lord venkateswara temple
• Lord ayyappa temple
• Masjid-e-Mohamedia, Medavakkam
• Kulasekara Perumal Kovil, Third Street,Sivagami Nagar,Medavakkam

Outer Ring Road (ORR) 200 feet

There is CMDA master plan for to develop outer ring road 200feet, Medavakkam to Karapakkam (OMR) via Jalladianpet and Pallikaranai. This would help reduce traffic congestion on Medavakkam-Sholinganallur main road. Vehicles coming from Velachery and Tambaram could use ORR road or Medavakkam-Sholinganallur main road.

Connectivity 

The main mode of transport and conveyance are MTC bus, Share autos, vans. The nearest railway stations are Velachery MRTS station and Tambaram Railway station and St.Thomas Mount RS placed equidistant from Medavakkam 8 km.

Share auto rates (as on 1 Jan 2012):

Medavakkam koot road to Sholinganallur - 15 Rupees

Medavakkam to Sholinganallur - 10 Rupees

Medavakkam to Velachery - 10 Rupees

Medavakkam to Tamabaram - 15 Rupees

Medavakkam is well connected by MTC bus service. Most of the buses to Tambaram Via Velachery will pass through Medavakkam Junction.

There are plans to connect Medavakkam with Velachery by CMRL

Few of the busses plying through Medavakkam are:

Route No	From	To	Notes
5A	Tambaram East	T. Nagar	Medavakkam Jn., Velachery
M11	Tambaram East	Saidapet	Medavakkam Jn., NGO colony
51D	Tambaram	Broadway	Medavakkam Jn., Velachery
51L	Tambaram East	CMBT	Medavakkam Jn., Velachery, Guindy
552k	Keelkattalai	Thiruporur	via Medavakkam, Navalur, Kelambakkam
A5	T. Nagar	Balaji Nagar
A51	Tambaram East	Broadway	Medavakkam Jn., Velachery
B51	Tamabaram East	T. Nagar	Medavakkam Koot Road, Madipakkam, St. Thomas Mount
C51	Tambaram West	Adayar	Via Medavakkam, Sholinganallur, Injambakkam
M14	Medavakkam Koot Road	NGO Colony	Via madipakkam koot road
M14x	Madambakkam Temple	Saidapet	Via madipakkam koot road, Santhoshapuram, Vengaivasal
M15	Medavakkam Koot Road	Mylapore	Velachery
M21	Velachery	Tambaram West	via Medavakkam,Sembakkam
M21B	Velachery	Chrompet	via Sembakkam,Thirumalai Nagar
M51	T.Nagar	Sholinganallur	via Medavakkam, Perumbakkam
M51B	Saidapet	Karanai	via sithalapakkam, Medavakkam
M51C	T.Nagar	Ottiambakkam	via Medavakkam, Perumbakkam
M51D	Saidapet	Kelambakkam	via Medavakkam, Karanai
M51V	T. Nagar	Kolathur	via Ponmar
51S	Saidapet	Tamabaram East	via Medavakkam,NGO Colony
PP51	Tambaram	High Court	Medavakkam Jn., Velachery, Anna Univ
D51	Medavakkam koot road	High Court	Medavakkam Jn., Velachery,DMS,LIC,Central
H51	Tambaram East	High Court	Medavakkam Jn., Velachery,Taramani,Adayar, Mylapore
E51	Ottiambakkam	High Court	Medavakkam Jn., Velachery,DMS,LIC,Central
T51	Tambaram	Thiruvanmiyur	Medavakkam Jn., Thoraipakkam
T151	Tambaram East	Kovalam	Medavakkam Jn., Navalur,Kelambakkam
T151K	Tambaram East	Kovalam	Medavakkam Jn., MGM, Muttukadu
551A	Tambaram East	Kelambakkam	Medavakkam Jn., Sithalapakkam, Puthupakkam
517K	Pallavaram	Kovalam	Eachangadu,Medavakkam Koot Road, Navalur,Kelambakkam
517T	Pallavaram	Thiruporur	Eachangadu,Medavakkam Koot Road, Navalur,Kelambakkam
L51	C.M.B.T	Ottiambakkam	Medavakkam, Velachery, Vadapalani
V51	Tamabaram West	T. Nagar	Medavakkam Koot Road, Madipakkam, Velachery
1Gx	Medavakkam Koot Road	Thiruvotriyur	Medavakkam Koot Road,Velachery,Central
21J	Velachery	Guduvanchery	Medavakkam Koot Road,Velachery,Tambaram
500J	Velachery	Chengalpattu	Medavakkam Koot Road,Velachery,Central
D70x	Medavakkam Koot Road	Ambattur Industrial estate	Guindy,Velachery
219B	Besant nagar	Siruseri IT park	Via Madya kailsh,Tidel,SRP,Velachery,Pallikaranai,Medavakkam,Sholinganallur,Navalur,Siruseri