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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Gerugambakkam
| nickname = Gerugai
| settlement_type = Neighbourhood
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| subdivision_name1 = [[File:TamilNadu Logo.svg|23x16px|border|link=|alt=|Tamil Nadu]][[Tamil Nadu]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kanchipuram district|Kanchipuram]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Taluk]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Alandur taluk|Alandur]]
| subdivision_type4 = Metro
| subdivision_name4 = [[Chennai]]
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| population_total = 11551
| population_as_of = 2011<ref name="census_2011">{{Cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/629351-gerugambakkam-tamil-nadu.html|title = Gerugambakkam Census Town City Population Census 2011-2021 | Tamil Nadu}}</ref>
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| demographics1_title1 = Official
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| postal_code = 600 128
| registration_plate = TN 85 (RTO, Kundrathur )
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'''Gerugambakkam''' is a residential-industrial neighborhood in the South-Western part of Chennai, a metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu, India.It belongs to the [[Alandur taluk]] of [[Chennai District]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. The [[Alandur taluk]], earlier a part of [[Kanchipuram district]] has now been annexed to the [[Chennai District]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Chennai district doubles in size|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chennai-district-doubles-in-size/article22373082.ece|access-date=17 January 2018|date=5 January 2018}}</ref> It forms a [[suburb]] of [[Chennai]] city.

==Location==
Gerugambakkam is located in South West Chennai, 4 kilometres away from the [[Porur]] junction on the [[Kundrathur]] road surrounded by [[Moulivakkam]], Kolapakkam in the North and [[Kovur, Chennai|Kovur]] to the South. Other neighboring areas include [[Porur]], [[Mangadu]], [[Valasaravakkam]], [[Iyyapanthangal]], [[Kundrathur]].

== Demographics ==

{{As of|2011}} census, Gerugambakkam had a total population of 11,551 with 5,949 males and 5,602 females. The sex ratio was 942 against state average of 996. Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 1445 which is 12.51% of total population of Gerugambakkam. The Child Sex Ratio in was around 841 compared to Tamil Nadu state average of 943. The Literacy rate was 88.93%, higher than state average of 80.09%. The Male literacy is around 92.87% while female literacy rate is 84.80%.<ref name="census_2011">{{Cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/629351-gerugambakkam-tamil-nadu.html|title = Gerugambakkam Census Town City Population Census 2011-2021 | Tamil Nadu}}</ref> Gerugambakkam belongs to [[Alandur (state assembly constituency)|Alandur State Assembly Constituency]] which comes under [[Sriperumbudur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha Constituency]]

==Transportation==

===Chennai Metro===

The proposed second phase of [[Chennai Metro]] has One line starting from [[Poonamallee]] to [[Lighthouse, Chennai|Light House]]. The proposed [[Porur|Porur Metro Station]] could be less than 3 kilometres from Bhai Kadai Bus Stop.<ref>{{Cite news
| title = Metro's second phase to go up to Poonamallee
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Chennai
| publisher = Kasturi & Sons
| date = 20 July 2017
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/metros-second-phase-to-go-up-to-poonamallee/article19310471.ece
| access-date = 1 Oct 2017}}</ref>

===Railway===

[[Pallavaram railway station]] is the nearest Railway Station, which is 7 km away from Gerugambakkam (Enroute Via [[Cowl Bazaar]]). [[Guindy railway station]] is the second nearest Railway Station, which is 8 km away from Gerugambakkam.

===MTC===

[[Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai)|MTC]] operating Considerable fleet of buses via Gerugambakkam. Share autos as well plays a major role in transportation. The nearest Bus Depot is [[Iyyapanthangal]] which is approx 5 kilometers from Gerugambakkam. The second nearest is [[Kundrathur]] which is 6 kilometers far.

== Educational Institutions ==
{{As of|2016}} data, Gerugambakkam has number of educational institutions including Primary, Secondary, Higher Secondary, college and Polytechnics in and around this area. Some of the famous institutions in Gerugambakkam are [[The PSBB Millennium School, Chennai|PSBB Millennium School]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.psbbmillenniumschool.org/PsbbSchools/about_us.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=9 November 2018 |archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607094009/http://psbbmillenniumschool.org/PsbbSchools/about_us.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> Little Flower Matriculation School & Polytechnic. Some other famous institutions like Velammal Bodhi Campus,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.velammaltrust.com/Velammal-bodhi-campus-kolapakkam.html|title=Velammal Vidyalaya| Velammal Educational Trust (VET)}}</ref><ref>http://www.velammalbodhi.in/</ref> [[Pon Vidyashram]],<ref>http://www.ponvidyashram.in</ref> Lalaji Memorial Omega International School<ref>http://www.omegaschools.org/</ref> and few more are located in adjacent area Kolapakkam.

==References==
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* {{cite web|title=Primary Census Abstract - Census 2001|url=http://www.census2001.tn.nic.in/pca2001.aspx|publisher=Directorate of Census Operations-Tamil Nadu|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100726135617/http://census2001.tn.nic.in/pca2001.aspx|archive-date=2010-07-26}}

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