Ayappakkam is a village in Thiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Ayapakkam is currently a village panchayat surrounded by Avadi and Chennai Corporations. It is one of the fastest developing residential area around Chennai, which also has Tamil Nadu's biggest housing board and known for Asia's best planned Housing Board plots. State government has planned several Housing board projects in and around Ayappakkam and there by the development of the locality is keenly monitored by the government. Situated between Ambattur Industrial Estate, avadi and Thiruverkadu. Ayappakkam developed as a residential area, since 1990, after Tamil Nadu Housing Board quarters came up. Unlike Ambattur that houses more industrial units, Ayappakkam is predominantly a residential area and it connects with the city, via Anna Nagar, Mogapair and Maduravoyal, through Poonamallee High Road and Chennai-Tiruvallur High Road. Ayappakkam is very close to the Chennai Bypass road. The location advantages include being closer to India Land IT and Ambit IT park, as well as having the Vanagaram Apollo hospital and Ramachandra Hospital in its vicinity. ICMR is also situated in ayappakkkam. We can able to go within half an hour to Mogapair, Anna Nagar. Ayappakkam has Ezhil nagar, Rajammal nagar, Aprana nagar, Seetha Pattabi Nagar, Siva Sakthi Nagar. Ezhil Nagar is one of the popular residential development in Ayapakkam approved by CMDA and well known for its park and greenaries.
Transport
Railways
Suburban services
is connected very well with northern part of Ayapakkam. There are frequent suburban trains crosses this station which travels to and from Chennai Central, Chennai Beach, Arakonam, Thiruvallur, Tiruthani and Velachery. Some trains originate from Avadi has an EMU Shed, which handles the majority of the suburban train operations on the Northern and Western line. The Western line has 229 services a day and the North line has 83, which accounts 312 trains.
Roadways
Chennai–Tiruttani highway
From Chennai–Thiruvallur High Road it is about 1.5 km from Dunlop - Ambattur Police station junction. Also it is accessible from EVR Periyar Salai via Vanagaram - Ambattur Road. We can also reach Ayapakkam from Avadi - Poonamalle High Road by taking Paruthipattu Road which joins at Koladi. Chennai Bypass is the primary advantage for the location which helps Ayapakkam residents to reach other suburban parts of the city easily. It is located about 3 km from Ayapakkam and can be reached via Athipet Ambattur.
We have several Bus services to and from Ayapakkam which connects the nearby prime locations. 77A, 147C Ext, S41, S54, 63, 73C are the services which connects Ayapakkam with Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus, T. Nagar and Ambattur Industrial Estate
Share Autos are one of the other modes of transport here. Share Autos are spotted near Dunlop - Ambattur Police station junction. Also on a timing basis share autos are operated from Ayapkkam to CMBT during peak hours. There are also private auto facilities
Water Resources
With many sources of water around it, like Ayappakkam lake, Paruthipattu Lake and Ambattur Lake, Ayappakkam has good ground water. Many water tankers fill water from Ayappakkam for supply to other locations.
Camp Tonakela Association Camp Tonakela Association is located in South end of Thirumulaivoyal, North of Ayapakkam. Camp Tonakela is the brainchild of Wallace Forgie, a Canadian, who came to work with the Madras YMCA in the year 1927. As a dedicated boys’ work leader with a vast experience of outdoor camps, it was only natural that Forgie would attempt to address the deplorable lack of facilities for such activities in Madras. In the year 1938. Also we have Paruthipattu Lake near by which has been restored as eco-park and opened to public on 21 June 2019. The eco-park surrounding the lake consists of a 3-km-long walking track, children's play area, refreshment block, a central plaza for public gathering, a boat deck with three landing areas, a couple of islands for nesting birds, an open-air theatre, an administration office building, and vehicle parking lot. About 35 varieties of plants have been planted around the lake. In addition, we have Maharaja Royal Club at the adjacent area ayanambakkam which is a paid recreation facility which has sports courts and swimming pools.
