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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kovilambakkam
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = Kovilambakkam
| other_name =
| settlement_type = Rural Village
| image_skyline = Kovilambakkam panchayat office.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Kovilambakkam Panchayat Office
| nickname =
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| pushpin_map = India Chennai
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| coordinates = {{coord|12.9457357|80.2014543|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Chengalpattu district|Chengalpattu]] and [[Chennai district|Chennai]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Metropolitan area|Metro]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Chennai_Metro]]
| subdivision_type4 = [[Taluk]]
| subdivision_name4 = [[Tambaram taluk|Tambaram]] and [[Sholinganallur taluk|Sholinganallur]]
| subdivision_type5 = [[Village panchayat]]
| subdivision_name5 = Kovilambakkam
| subdivision_type6 = [[President (government title)|President]]
| subdivision_name6 = Geetha Manimaran
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| government_type = [[Panchayati raj in India|Panchayat]]
| governing_body = [[Kovilambakkam Village Panchayat]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
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| population_total = 27,374
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 600129
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 91-44
| registration_plate = TN-14
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = Chennai South
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Legislative Assembly]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Sholinganallur (state assembly constituency)]]
| website = https://chengalpattu.nic.in/
https://chennai.nic.in/

https://www.kovilambakkam.com
(Governmental)
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'''Kovilambakkam''' is a rural village very close to [[Tambaram]], [[India]]. It is a village panchayat located in [[Tambaram taluk]], [[Chengalpattu district]] and [[Sholinganallur taluk]], [[Chennai district]] in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]], about 12 km from [[Tambaram]]. The neighbourhood spans the areas of Sunnambu Kolathur (Madipakkam-B / Madipakkam-II revenue village), Chinna Kovilambakkam and Periya Kovilambakkam.

Kovilambakkam will be part of [[Tambaram City Municipal Corporation]] but there is confusion regarding Sunnambu kolathur as its revenue village Madipakkam-II is already part of [[Sholinganallur taluk|Sholinganallur Taluk]] in [[Chennai district]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=List of the Revenue Villages published by Commissionerate of Revenue Administration and Disaster Management, Tamil Nadu Government |url=https://www.cra.tn.gov.in/tn_gvillages.pdf}}</ref> and Madipakkam-II VAO says that Madipakkam-II is part of Zone-14 of [[Greater Chennai Corporation]].

==Governance==
The neighbourhood is administered by the Kovilambakkam Village Panchayat, which is under control of [[St. Thomas Mount#St. Thomas Mount block|St. Thomas Mount Panchayat Union]], [[Chengalpattu district]]. The area and population of Kovilambakkam spans two revenue villages in [[Tamil Nadu]], namely, Koilambakkam (wards 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12) which comes under [[Tambaram taluk]] in [[Chengalpattu district]] and Madipakkam-II (wards 3, 4, 5) which comes under [[Sholinganallur taluk]] in [[Chennai District]]<ref name=":0" />). In February 2026, The Commissionerate of Revenue and Disaster Management, Government of Tamil Nadu, bifurcated Madipakkam-II and created a new revenue village named S.Kolathur.

Even though this is a rural area, 50% of kovilambakkam rural village panchayat (named Madipakkam-II [[Department of Revenue (Tamil Nadu)|disaster and revenue village]]) is under Zone-14 of [[Greater Chennai Corporation]] (GCC) for Disaster and revenue purpose. So, whenever Madipakkam-II (aka Sunnambu kolathur) villagers request for flood / disaster relief like Michaung flood relief, [[Chennai district]] collector Tmt. Rashmi siddharth zagade, IAS takes the request and transfers it to Kovilambakkam rural village panchayat president through [[Department of Municipal Administration and Water Supply (Tamil Nadu)|Department of Municipal Administration and Water Supply]] thus ensuring that the Sunnambu Kolathur villagers never receive any disaster relief from [[Government of Tamil Nadu]]

In December 2023, [[Cyclone Michaung]] caused 5.5 feet high floods in Viduthalai Nagar 2nd main road by building storm water drains to discharge water from Kovilambakkam and Sunnambu kolathur lakes to City Union Bank, Kovilambakkam branch. The storm water entered Viduthalai nagar 2nd main road instead of Narayanpuram lakes. This was 5 times the capacity of Narayanapuram lake and the outlet near A2B restaurant couldn't carry this water to marshland.
[[File:Viduthalai nagar 2nd main road under 5.5 feet flood water.jpg|thumb|The rural village during the 2023 flood]]
[[File:Photo of Viduthalai nagar 2nd main road.jpg|thumb|The inundated rural village during the floods]]
[[File:Boats in Viduthalai nagar 2nd main road during Michaung flood.jpg|thumb|People being rescued during the floods]]
[[File:Vehicles submerged.jpg|thumb|Flood water entering households]]

== Demographics ==
As of 2011<sup>[update]</sup> India [[census]],<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 2011: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}} {{verify source |date=September 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted Special:Diff/903853285 by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite located at Special:Permalink/901220125 cite #1 - verify the cite is accurate and delete this template. [[User:GreenC bot/Job 18]]}}</ref> Kovilambakkam had a population of 27,374. Males constitute 13,935 of the population and females 13,439. There were 7,010 households. Kovilambakkam has an average literacy rate of 72.55%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 55.7%, and female literacy is 44.3%. In Kovilambakkam, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==Geography==
The neighbourhood has a lake known as the Kovilambakkam lake. It is connected with the [[Narayanapuram, Kanchipuram district|Narayanapuram lake]] in [[Pallikaranai]] by means of a 3.5-km-long surplus channel to drain rainwater.<ref name="TOI_SewageInSurplusChannel">{{cite news
| last =
| first =
| title = Sewage-filled Kovilambakkam surplus channel may flood 1,500 households
| newspaper = The Times of India
| location = Chennai
| pages =
| language =
| publisher = The Times Group
| date = 20 August 2021
| url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/sewage-filled-kovilambakkam-surplus-channel-may-flood-1500-households/articleshow/85477008.cms
| access-date = 1 October 2021}}</ref> The canal has a carrying capacity of 12,000 cusecs (cubic feet per second) of water.<ref name="TOI_SewageInSurplusChannel"/> However, there are complaints of sewage being dumped into the canal by the [[Tambaram City Municipal Corporation]]<ref name="TOI_SewageInSurplusChannel"/>

==Infrastructure==
Kovilambakkam is located along the [[Pallavaram]]–[[Thoraipakkam]] 200-feet Radial Road.<ref>{{cite news
| last = Swaminathan
| first = T. S. Atul
| title = MTC services via radial road is poor, say Kovilambakkam residents
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Chennai
| pages =
| language =
| publisher = Kasturi & Sons
| date = 15 February 2020
| url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/mtc-services-via-radial-road-is-poor-say-kovilambakkam-residents/article30829422.ece
| access-date = 1 October 2021}}</ref> It is also one of the areas that will be connected by the phase II network of the [[Chennai Metro]] currently under construction.<ref>{{cite news
| last =
| first =
| title = Chennai Metro finalises more contracts for phase II project
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Chennai
| pages =
| language =
| publisher = Kasturi & Sons
| date = 8 September 2021
| url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chennai-metro-finalises-more-contracts-for-phase-ii-project/article36351387.ece
| access-date = 1 October 2021}}</ref>

== Schools and colleges ==
* Govt. Higher Secondary School
* DAV Co-ed School, Pallikaranai (located on Sunnambu Kolathur main road)
* A. V. G. Vidyalaya Matriculation School
* Nethaji Vidhyalayam School
* Golden School
* Pole Star Matriculation School
* Himayam Matriculation School
* Panchayat Union Primary School
* Srujana International school (formerly Srujana Montessori School)

== Areas surrounding of the locality ==
{{Geographic Location|width=auto
|title = '''Areas surrounding the locality'''
|Northwest = [[Pallavaram]]
|North = [[Keelkattalai]]
|Northeast = [[Velachery]]
|West = [[Nanmangalam]]
|Centre = Kovilambakkam
|East = [[Pallikaranai]]
|Southwest =[[Santhoshpuram]]
|South = [[Medavakkam]]
|Southeast = [[Vadakkupattu]]
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://wikimapia.org/18845030/Kovilambakkam WIKIMAPIA]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131019044453/http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/25/stories/2006082503870600.htm Undermining Farm Wells]
* [http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/article3878334.ece At cremation ground, it's trash that burns]
* [http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/article3726730.ece Village panchayats to get new roads]
* [http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/article3726730.ece Village panchayats to get new roads]

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[[Category:Cities and towns in Chengalpattu district]]

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