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{{about|the locality|the popular international Cricket Stadium|M. A. Chidambaram Stadium}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Chepauk
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Chennai District]]
| subdivision_type3 = Metro
| subdivision_name3 = Chennai
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| governing_body = [[Greater Chennai Corporation]]
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 600005
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| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Urban planning|Planning]] agency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority|CMDA]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = Civic agency
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| website = {{URL|www.chennai.tn.nic.in}}
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'''Chepauk''' is a locality in [[Chennai]], [[India]]. The name Chepauk is popularly used to refer to the [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|M. A. Chidambaram International Cricket Stadium]], also known as the Chepauk Stadium. It is also home to the [[Chepauk Palace]], built in the [[Indo-Saracenic]] style. The [[University of Madras]] campus is yet another prominent landmark of Chepauk. The Central Research laboratory is located here. Chepauk's postal index number (PIN) code is 600005. The main roads of Chepauk are Bells Road and Walajah Road.

The [[University of Madras]] has its main campus located here.

The [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly-secretariat complex]] was built up at [[Omandurar Government Estate]], also situated on the periphery of Chepauk, which was later converted into a vast multi-speciality government hospital. The Chennai [[Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System|MRTS]] railway passes through Chepauk and the [[Chepauk (Chennai MRTS)|Chepauk MRTS station]] is located adjacent to the [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium]].

== Etymology ==
The English name "Chepauk" is said to be derived from the [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]] word "Che Baagh", meaning "Six gardens".

==Politics==
It is a part of [[Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni (state assembly constituency)|Chepauk-Triplicane assembly constituency]] which in turn a part of [[Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf
|title=List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies
|access-date=2008-10-08
|work=Tamil Nadu
|publisher=Election Commission of India
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081031131000/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf
|archive-date=2008-10-31
}}</ref>

==Public transport==

Chepauk is one of the stations on the [[Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System|MRTS]] elevated rail corridor in [[Chennai]]

'''MTC Buses Passing exactly through chepauk:'''

Through Bells Road, Stadium and Walajah Road: 22A, 6A, 22, 27B, 127B, 27L, 27H, 40, 40A, M28

Walajah Road and Annasquare: 11H

Beach Road (Chepauk and Annasquare): 13 series, 45B,45E, PP19, PP21, 21G, G21, H51, PP51, 21H, H21, 6D, 6E, 12G, 25G, 21K, M21K, 21L, etc.

A metro rail station, Government Estate, in the underground line of the [[CMRL]] is also present near the Government Multi-Speciality Hospital.

== Geolocation ==
{{Geographic Location
|title = '''Neighbourhoods adjacent to Chepauk'''
|Northwest = [[Island Grounds]]
|North = [[Fort St. George]]
|Northeast = [[Chennai Port|Port]] / [[Bay of Bengal]]
|West = [[Chintadripet]]
|Centre = Chepauk
|East = [[Marina Beach]] / [[Bay of Bengal]]
|Southwest = [[Royapettah]]
|South = [[Triplicane]]
|Southeast = [[Marina Beach]] / [[Bay of Bengal]]
}}
==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Chepauk&params=13.0637_N_80.2817_E_type:city_region:IN-TN GeoHack - Chepauk]

{{Neighborhoods of Chennai}}
{{Areas of Chennai}}
{{Chennai district}}
{{Chennai Topics}}

[[Category:Coastal neighbourhoods of Chennai]]

{{Chennai-geo-stub}}

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Maqbool lari sensei at 17:18, 11 October 2023