Padappai

Padappai
Padappai
town
	Padappai Location in CMA, India Padappai Padappai (Tamil Nadu) Padappai Padappai (India)
	Coordinates: 12°53′13″N 80°01′17″E / 12.8870°N 80.0213°E
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kanchipuram
Metro	Chennai City
Population
• Total	8,285
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	601301
Vehicle registration	TN-11

Padappai is a town near Chennai, India.^[1] It is a small town developing fast in Chennai suburbs about 12 km from Tambaram connected to Bangalore highway and near Oragadam SIPCOT & many big companies like Nissan, Appolo tyres, Alstom T&D, Tii Techno Testing Services PVT LTD, Infac India are few companies near this small town.

The road from Vandalur to Walajabad via Oragadam is known as Padappai road that connects Chennai and Kanchipuram, an alternate road for Chennai Bangalore highway NH 4. Padappai road and Sriperumpudur (NH4) to Singaperumalkoil (NH45) road meets at Oragadam, known as "Oragadam kootu road".

The nearby villages in Padappai road (Vandaloor to Walajabad) are Athanancherry, Panapakkam, Vanchuvancherry, Umaianparangcherry, Cherrappanancherry, Kuzhangalacherri, Nariyampakkam, KaaranaiThangal, Karasangal, Oragadam, Ezhichur, Pandruti, Varanavasi, Mettupalayam, Aarambakkam, Uthukkadu, Vembakkam, Devariyampakkam, Kunnavakkam, Thalampattu, Aloor, Eraiyamangalam, Vattambakkam, Eraiyur, Ammanambakkam Vaipur (Vaipoor), Salamangalam, Sirumathur, Samadhuvapuram, and Mannivakkam.

Padappai is the name from ancient Tamil which means "Beautiful Flower Garden", Bunch of edibles. Padappai is surrounded by many nursery gardens where you can get variety of samplings for gardens.

References

^ "Primary Census Abstract Data Tables – India: Final Population Totals". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2011. Archived from the original on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2025.

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[1] "Primary Census Abstract Data Tables – India: Final Population Totals". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2011. Archived from the original on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2025.

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