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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Keezhkattalai
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| settlement_type = Locality in Pallavaram, Chennai
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'''Keelkattalai''' (also written as '''Kilkattalai''' or '''Keezhkattalai''') is a suburb in the south of [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]] under the [[Pallavaram]] corporation.

== Statistics ==
{{As of|2011}} [[Census of India]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-TM.html|title=Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=censusindia.gov.in}}</ref> Keelkattalai had a population of 27,981.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Census Data
! scope="col" | Year !! scope="col" | Population!! scope="col" | Male !! scope="col" | Female
|-
! scope ="row" | 2001<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref>
| 17,440 || 9,243 || 8,197
|-
! scope="row" | 2011<ref name=":1" />
| 27,981 || 14,027 || 13,954
|}

==History==

The name Keelkattalai is derived from the word கீழ் from கிழக்கு (east) and கட்டளை (village) and translates to "The village to the east", with respect to [[Pallavaram]], a [[Pallava]] era settlement.
Initially, Keelkattalai was incorporated as a village [[panchayat]] and on 17 January 1970, it was merged with the Zamin Pallavaram Town Panchayat, Issa Pallavaram Town Panchayat, Hasthinapuram Town Panchayat and Nemilichery Panchayat to form the Pallavaram corporation<ref>[http://123.63.242.116/pallavapuram/abt-muni.htm]{{dead link|date=January 2021}}</ref>

== Connectivity ==
Keelkattalai enjoys a well connected road network to major hubs in the city through two arterial roads connecting namely the Medavakkam Main Road and Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam Radial Road (SH 109). The area is served well by buses serviced by the [[Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai)]] to major locations inside the city. Despite having no railway connectivity, Keelkattalai is easily accessible from Pallavaram ([[Chennai Suburban Railway]]), St Thomas Mount (Chennai Suburban Railway) and Velachery (MRTS, [[Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System]])

===Bus Routes===

This list includes buses originating from Keelkattalai and the ones passing through Keelkattalai bus terminus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metrocommute.in/Chennai/Using-Buses-or-Trains/Connecting/Kilkattalai|title=Chennai Bus Routes and Suburban Trains connecting Kilkattalai (Kilkattalai) - MetroCommute.in|website=www.metrocommute.in}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" | Route !! scope="col" | From !! scope="col" | To
|-
! scope="row" | M14
| [[Adambakkam|NGO Colony]] || [[Medavakkam]] Jn (Koot Rd) (via Keelkattalai)
|-
! scope ="row" | M18C
| Keelkattalai || [[T.Nagar]] (via [[Nanganallur]])
|-
! scope ="row" | M1
| Keelkattalai || [[Thiruvanmiyur]] (via [[Velachery]])
|-
! scope ="row" | M45E
| Keelkattalai || [[Marina Beach|Anna Square]] (via [[Velachery]])
|-
! scope ="row" | 18D
| Keelkattalai || [[Broadway, Chennai|Broadway]] (via [[Adambakkam]])
|-
! scope ="row" | 76
| [[Medavakkam]] Jn (Koot Rd)|| [[CMBT]] (via Keelkattalai)
|-
! scope ="row" | S12
| Keelkattalai || [[Velachery]]
|-
! scope ="row" | S74
| Keelkattalai || Pallavaram Railway Station
|-
|}

==Food, Shopping and Recreation==

===Food===
[[Domino's Pizza]], Aarya bhavan, Muniyandi vilas, [[Subway (restaurant)|Subway]], Alreef, Raintree, [[Adyar Ananda Bhavan]], [[Sri Krishna Sweets]],[https://www.southservices.in/ South Services],

===Shopping===
[[Reliance Digital]], Sathya's, Poorvika Mobiles, [[The MobileStore]], [[Reliance Retail|Reliance Trends]], Girias, [[Arvind (company)|Mega mart]], Reliance trends, Pandian stores, Majestic, Mokka kadai, Mother's World, Bata, [[Nilgiris 1905]]

===Attractions===
Keelkattalai Lake, Madipakkam Lake

== Social Infrastructure ==

===Schools===
* [http://www.applekidskeelkattalai.in Apple Kids International Pre-School]
* Holy Family Convent Matriculation Higher Secondary School
* Sri Sankara Vidyalaya Matriculation School
* Kiddies Choice Montessori & Kindergarten School
* Vael's vidyashram Global School
* Vel's Higher Secondary School
* Velankanni Matriculation Higher Secondary School
* Baalyaa Senior Secondary School
* Pallavaram Municipality Middle School

===Hospitals===

*Grace Multispeciality Hospital
*Vijayam Hospital
*Divya Hospital

==Government==
[[File:Pallavaramwardmap.jpg|thumb|Pallavaram ward map showing Keelkattalai (Eastern end in green)]]

===Lok Sabha Representative===
[[Sriperumbudur (Lok Sabha constituency)]]

===Pallavaram State Assembly Representative===
[[Pallavaram (State Assembly Constituency)]]

===Pallavaram Municipality Counsilors===
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" | Term !! scope="col" | Ward 14 !! scope="col" | Ward 15 !! scope="col" |
|-
! scope ="row" | 2011 -2016<ref>[http://123.63.242.116/pallavapuram/who-councilors.htm]{{dead link|date=January 2021}}</ref>
|M.SATHISH KUMAR || M. Gnanasekaran ||
|-
|}

== Upcoming/Proposed infrastructure work ==

* Three lane, Unidirectional flyover at the Medavakkam Main Road and Radial road intersection<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/Work-on-flyovers-begins-in-Keelkattalai/article14636821.ece|title=Work on flyovers begins in Keelkattalai|date=14 September 2016|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>
* [[Chennai Metro Rail]] station at Keelkattalai (Phase 2)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/Detailed-project-report-for-Phase-II-of-Metro-Rail-ready/article16947271.ece|title=Detailed project report for Phase II of Metro Rail ready|first=Sunitha|last=Sekar|date=27 December 2016|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2017/may/15/chennai-metro-phase-ii-to-get-green-light-1604880.html|title=Chennai Metro Phase II to get green light|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
* Water supply improvement scheme in Pallavaram municipality<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/Rs.-99-crore-water-project-for-Pallavaram/article12549004.ece|title=Rs. 99 crore water project for Pallavaram|first=K.|last=Manikandan|date=8 October 2012|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>
* Underground sewerage network in the municipal limits<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-downtown/sewer-project-to-be-commissioned-soon/article13366982.ece|title=Sewer project to be commissioned soon|first=K.|last=Manikandan|date=15 January 2012|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>
* Widening of the Medavakkam main road.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chen-news/wider-and-safer-medavakkam-main-road-to-show-the-way/article4088340.ece|title=Wider and safer: Medavakkam Main Road to show the way|first=K.|last=Manikandan|date=12 November 2012|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

==Location in context<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Keelkattalai,+Chennai,+Tamil+Nadu,+India/@12.958395,80.1823583,14z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x3a525e7153460433:0xff70169d93bb3d0b!8m2!3d12.956358!4d80.1895498|title=Keelkattalai|website=Keelkattalai}}</ref>==
{{Geographic Location
|title = '''Areas of Chennai'''
|Northwest = [[Tirusulam]](Airport)
|North = [[Nanganallur]]/[[St. Thomas Mount]]
|Northeast = [[Madipakkam]]/[[Velachery]]
|West = [[Pallavaram]]/[[Chromepet]]
|Centre = Keelkattalai
|East = [[Thoraipakkam]]/ [[Pallikaranai Wetland]]
|Southwest = [[Nanmangalam Reserve Forest]]/[[Tambaram]]
|South = [[Kovilambakkam]]/[[Medavakkam]]
|Southeast = [[Pallikaranai]]
}}

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

=== External links ===
* Things to do in Kilkattalai [https://www.facebook.com/places/Things-to-do-in-Kilkattalai-Tamil-Nadu-India/107037005994129/ Search | Facebook Help Center]
* A village in the city [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-downtown/a-village-in-the-city/article8032431.ece ‘A village in the city’]

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{{Areas of Chennai}}
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