Arani, Chennai

Arani ஆரணி
Suburb
Arani
Coordinates:
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvallur
Talukas	Ponneri Taluk
Government
• Type	Town Panchayat பேரூராட்சி
Elevation	7 m (23 ft)
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	601101
Telephone code	044
Planning agency	DTCP

Arani (Tamil: ஆரணி), is a developing residential area and suburb of Chennai, a metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu, India on the banks of the Arani river.

Arani is a town panchayat about 47 km north of Chennai, in Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu State, India. The town is famous for the Sampangi Pichandeshwarer Temple. The temple attracts thousands of people during the special days.

Banks And ATM

Arani has banks and atm with the following.

Bank Name	Public/Private	Bank	ATM Centre
Bank Of India	Public	Yes	Yes
Canara Bank	Public	No	Yes
Indian Overseas Bank	Public	Yes	Yes
Axis Bank	Private	No	Yes
ICICI Bank Coming Soon	Private	No	Yes

Demographics

Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 1372 which is 10.69 % of total population of Arani (TP). In Arani Town Panchayat, Female Sex Ratio is of 1008 against state average of 996. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Arani is around 1024 compared to Tamil Nadu state average of 943. Literacy rate of Arani city is 80.62 % higher than state average of 80.09 %. In Arani, Male literacy is around 88.66 % while female literacy rate is 72.63 %.

• In the 1991 Indian census Arani (Tamil Nadu, India) had a population of 11,422.
• In the 2001 Indian census Arani (Tamil Nadu, India) had a population of 12,614.
• In the 2011 Indian census Arani (Tamil Nadu, India) had a population of 12,833.

Education

• Boys Govt. Hr. Sec School
• Girls Govt. Hr. Sec School

Social Work

The second session of our Tree Plantation Project “Green 500”. The Pillars and ExNoRans approached the Headmaster and other School authorities of Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Arani the “Green 500” Tree Plantation Project. The support of the Headmaster and the school authorities motivated the volunteers of Pillars of India and Arani ExNoRa to plant more than 70 trees on the same in and around the Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Arani. We thank the Headmaster and Mr. Baskarbabu Sir for their tremendous support to the Pillars of India and Arani ExNoRa. We hope this Tree Plantation Project will be completed in the next session of tree plantation at Arani Town Panchayat.

Temple

• Sampangi Pichandeshwarer
• Vijaya Ganesh Alayam
• Chamundeeswari
• Adhikesava Swami
• Bhavani Amman Alayam

Transport

Normal buses

Express + Normal buses

Deluxe + Express + Normal buses

AC volvo + Deluxe + Express + Normal buses

Legend: HF- High Frequency Route, NS - Night Service Route, LF - Low Frequency Route

MTC Routes

Route	Start	End	Via	HF	NS	LF
532	Periyapalayam	Vallalar Nagar	Vyasarpadi, Moolakadai, Kavangarai, Red Hills, Karanodai, Thatchur Koot Road, Puduvoyal, Arani			x
533	Arani	Koyambedu	Thirumangalam, Lucas, Kolathur, Kavangarai, Red Hills, Karanodai, Thatchur Koot Road, Siruvapuri			x
547	Periyapalayam	Vallalar Nagar	Vyasarpadi, Moolakadai, Puzhal, Red Hills, Karanodai, Thatchur Koot Road, Siruvapuri, Arani	x
547A	Periyapalayam	Vallalar Nagar	Vyasarpadi, Moolakadai, Puzhal, Kavangarai, Red Hills, Karanodai, Akarambakkam, Arani			x
580	Arani	Avadi	Pattabiram, Thirunindravoor, Pakkam, Vengal, Tamaraipakkam, Periyapalayam	x

Work Profile

Out of total population, 5,661 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 3,990 were males while 1,671 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity. Of total 5661 working population, 89.05 % were engaged in Main Work while 10.95 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.