South India · Tamil Nadu
Ambattur, Tamil Nadu
About Ambattur
- Inland
Where it is
Ambattur is an industrial suburb in the north-west of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, inland from the Bay of Bengal coast and now part of the Greater Chennai Corporation.
History
Once a farming village watered by Ambattur Lake, the area grew after the Second World War as manufacturers settled on Chennai's western edge. The Ambattur Industrial Estate was commissioned in 1964, the growing town was later run as a municipality, and in 2011 it was merged into the Chennai Corporation.
People
Tamil is the main language, and the suburb's factories, workshops and offices draw workers from across Tamil Nadu and other parts of India.
Known for
- The Ambattur Industrial Estate
- Engineering and automotive-component factories
- Ambattur Lake
- IT parks and data centres
Did you know?
The Ambattur Industrial Estate, with well over a thousand units, is often described as one of the largest small-scale industrial estates in South Asia.
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