Muthapudupet
Muthapudupettai | |
|---|---|
Locality in Avadi | |
| Country | India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Thiruvallur |
| Metro | Chennai |
| Government | |
| • Body | Avadi Municipal Corporation |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 600055 |
| Telephone code | 044 |
| Nearest city | Chennai |
| Civic agency | Avadi Municipal Corporation |
| Climate | Tropical (Köppen) |
| Avg. summer temperature | 35–39 °C (95–102 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 20–30 °C (68–86 °F) |
Muthapudupet is a sublocality of Pattabiram in Avadi which is a neighbourhood in Chennai. India. It is part of the Avadi Municipal Corporation limit and Chennai Metropolitan area. Muthapudupet is around 700 metres from Pattabiram E Depot Railway Station, 2.5km from TIDEL Park (Pattabiram, Avadi) and 7 km from Avadi Junction and 29 km from Chennai Central. The Chennai Outer Ring Road (ORR) and CTH Road passes near Muthapudupet.
Areas around the Muthapudupet were once paddy fields, fruit farms, lakes and swamps. Now agrilculture is less and residential development has occurred. The soil is sandy and instantial laterite, mostly Recent Alluvium. Geological formations are concealed by Recent alluvium, with little or no exposure of rocks, most formations being Archean and tertiary sediments. Alluvial deposits of thickness of 28 m (92 ft), can amplify ground shaking during Tremors.
Muthapudupet is a predominantly Tamil speaking area with sizable Malayalam and Telugu speakers. Most people here are multilingual, speaking Tamil and Hindi or English. One can find people from every region of India in Muthapudupet-Mittanamallee due to nearby IT and Defence/Central Government establishments. Central Government is the largest employer in Muthapudupet.