Jafferkhanpet
Jafferkhanpet is a locality of Chennai, India. Guindy, K.K. Nagar, Ashok Nagar, MGR Nagar, Saidapet are its neighbourhood suburbs. You can reach Jafferkhanpet by travelling in the newly constructed Guindy flyover. This allows easier access to Vadapalani, Koyambedu bus stand in Chennai. Jafferkhanpet is twin locality of Ashok nagar
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| Coordinates: 13.0235°N 80.2237°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Chennai District |
| Metro | Chennai |
| Zone | Kodambakkam |
| Ward | 138 |
| Taluk | Mambalam |
| Government | |
| • Body | Chennai Corporation |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 600083 |
| Vehicle registration | TN-09 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | South chennai |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Saidapet |
| Planning agency | CMDA |
| Civic agency | Chennai Corporation |
| Website | www |
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Transportation
Railway station,Airport,Bus terminus
The Suburban Railway station in Guindy is the closest station to Jafferkhanpet. Chennai International Airport is located at a distance of 8.3km. CMBT Bus terminus is located at a distance of 5.6km and it is accessible by many MTC buses (Approx. journey time 20 to 25 mins). The nearest bus depot is K.K.Nagar..
Buses
Most of the buses going to South Tamil Nadu,Pondicherry and Kerala go via Jafferkhanpet and Kasi Theatre stopping is one of the landmark. All the buses including SETC will stop at Kasi Theatre. Mofussil bus stop located very nearer to Kasi junction. There are frequent bus services to Velachery, Guindy, Chennai Airport, Tambaram, Mamallapuram, Thiruvanmiyur, Redhills, Avadi, Besant Nagar, Chennai Central and Egmore & Koyambedu from this place. Particularly 5E covers this area from Kasi theatre to Raghavan Colony. Small buses introduced in Jafferkhanpet from S35 Ashok Nagar to CIPET and S26 Ashoknagar to Valasaravakkam both service covers north and south bound of Jaffarkhanpet
Metro
Ashok Nagar metro station comes very near to Kasi theater.
Places
Kasi Junction
Kasi theatre signal is one of the busiest junctions (especially in peak hours) in this route. From this junction it connects Saidapet, K.K.Nagar, Guindy, CMBT, AIRPORT etc.
Localities Of Jafferkhanpet
R. Venkatraman nagar, Anjugam nagar, Raghavan colony,Gopal Street Bharathi Block,VSM Garden, Nethaji Nagar, Pillaiyar koil st, Mangai street, Valluvar street, Gnanaoli street,2nd street Gnanamani street, Kasi estate, Thiru nagar, Vasudevan nagar, Kabilar street, Sapthagiri colony, Sekar nagar, Pari nagar, Deivanambi street, Gangaiamman koil street, S.V.Chidambaram salai, Kambar Street.,Munuswamy Street,jothi ramalingam nagar
Educational Institutions
Schools and Colleges
- Little Flower Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Ashok Nagar
- M.A.K Matriculation Higher Secondary School at Thiru Nagar in Jafferkhanpet (Backside of Kasi Theatre)
- All Angels Matriculation Higher Secondary School at Bharathidasan Colony in Jafferkhanpet (Near RTO Office)
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Temples
- Muthu mariamman kovil(school street),
- Bhuvaneshwari Amman Kovil (Bharatidasan Colony)
- Karumariamman koil, 66th Street, RV nagar.
- Gangai amman Koil
- Anjaneyar koil
- Pillayar koil
- selva vinayagar koil(near venkateswara traders)
There a lot of other small Temples
Mosque
There is a Mosque in the Jafferkhanpet Main road
Bridges
The Kasi theatre Bridge over the Adyar River is one the famous bridges in this locality
Politics
MA.Subramanian, (DMK) has been selected as MLA of this constituency from April 2015.
