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25-713: Seven Wells is a neighbourhood in Chennai district of Tamil Nadu State in peninsular India . Its name was derived from the seven number of wells, dug out for clean drinking water and supplied to Fort, during the British period in Chennai. The seven wells were ordered to dig by Francis Whyte Ellis, an Englishman, who was an official of the East India Company, later became Collector of 'Madras' (renamed and called as Chennai nowadays). Seven Wells constitute Seven Wells North [Seven Wells North

50-542: A rugged semi-circular fashion and its coastline is about 25.60 km (2.5% of the total coastline of Tamil Nadu). Because of its strategic location and economic importance, it is referred to as the "Gateway of South India." The drainage system includes two rivers , namely, Cooum (flowing in the northern part) and Adyar (flowing in the southern part), a canal (the Buckingham ), and a stream (the Otteri Nullah ) slicing

75-464: Is also home to extensive mangrove forests along the low-lying coast and river deltas , and several important wetlands , notably Kaliveli Lake and Pulicat Lake , that provide habitat to thousands of migrating and resident birds. By late 1530 the Coromandel Coast was home to three Portuguese settlements at Nagapattinam , São Tomé de Meliapore , and Pulicat . In the 17th and 18th centuries,

100-428: Is located at an altitude of 33 m above the mean sea level with the geographical coordinates of 13°06'11.5"N 80.16'53.8"E (i.e. 13.103200°N 80.281600°E)] and Seven Wells South [Seven Wells South is located at an altitude of 33 m above the mean sea level with the geographical coordinates of 13°05'46.0"N 80°16'53.8"E (i.e. 13.096100°N 80.281600°E)]. Out of the seven wells dug, only two are in use nowadays. This place

125-479: Is one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu , India . It is the smallest and the most densely populated district in the state. The district is coterminous with the city of Chennai , which is administered by the Greater Chennai Corporation . It is surrounded by Tiruvallur district in the north and the west, Kanchipuram district in the south-west, Chenglpattu district in the south, and

150-523: The Bay of Bengal in the east. As of 2011, the district had a population of 67,48,026 with a sex-ratio of 989 females for every 1,000 males. Much of the district's population descended from its settlements in the 1st century CE to the Middle Ages , but the diversity has grown much since then. The district consists of only one civic body, the megacity of Chennai, which forms the core and the most notable portion of

175-637: The Eastern Ghats , a chain of low lying and flat-topped hills. The land of the Chola dynasty was called Cholamandalam in Tamil , literally translated as " the realm of the Cholas", from which Coromandel is derived. In historical Muslim sources from the 12th century onward, the Coromandel Coast was called Maʿbar. The land of the Chola dynasty was called Cholamandalam (சோழ மண்டலம்) in Tamil , translated as The realm of

200-616: The 18th century, because many Chinese exports were consolidated at the Coromandel ports. Two of the famous books on the economic history of the Coromandel Coast are Merchants, companies, and commerce on the Coromandel Coast, 1650–1740 (Arasaratnam, Oxford University Press, 1986) and The World of the Weaver in Northern Coromandel, c.  1750  – c.  1850 (P. Swarnalatha, Orient Longman, 2005). On 26 December 2004, one of

225-563: The Cholas , from which the Portuguese derived the name Coromandel . The name could also be derived from Karai mandalam , meaning The realm of the Shores . Another theory is that the first Dutch ship to India stopped at Karimanal, an island village to the north of Pulicat . The sailors aboard the ship mispronounced the village's name as 'Corimondal' and the name stuck thereafter. An Italian explorer, Ludovico di Varthema , perhaps first gave

250-644: The Coromandel Coast was the scene of rivalries among European powers for control of the India trade. The British established themselves at Fort St George ( Madras ) and Masulipatnam , the Dutch at Pulicat, Sadras and Covelong , the French at Pondicherry , Karaikal and Nizampatnam , the Danish in Dansborg at Tharangambadi. The Coromandel Coast supplied Indian Muslim eunuchs to

275-522: The Thai palace and court of Siam (modern Thailand). The Thai at times asked eunuchs from China to visit the court in Thailand and advise them on court ritual since they held them in high regard. Eventually the British won out, although France retained the tiny enclaves of Pondichéry and Karaikal until 1954. Chinese lacquer goods , including boxes, screens, and chests, became known as "Coromandel" goods in

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300-505: The deadliest natural disasters in modern history, the Indian Ocean earthquake , struck off the western coast of Sumatra (Indonesia). The earthquake and subsequent tsunami reportedly killed over 220,000 people around the rim of the Indian Ocean . The tsunami devastated the Coromandel Coast, killing many and sweeping away many coastal communities. Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne

325-482: The district into several islands. The district falls under Seismic Zone III indicating a moderate risk of earthquake . Geologically the district is divided into three regions, namely, sandy, clayey and hard-rock regions. The soil comprises clay , shale and sandstone . Of the total land area, reserved forests cover 2.71 km and is concentrated in and around the Guindy National Park region, one of

350-414: The district were split to create five new ones: Velachery , Purasawalkam , Ayanavaram , Aminjikarai and Guindy . In January 2018, the state government announced that the district will be expanded to match the boundaries of the Greater Chennai Corporation . This will integrate six additional taluks from Tiruvallur and Kanchipuram districts into the Chennai district. The new divisions and taluks of

375-604: The district will be: Coramandel coast The Coromandel Coast is the southeastern coastal region of the Indian subcontinent , bounded by the Utkal Plains to the north, the Bay of Bengal to the east, the Kaveri delta to the south, and the Eastern Ghats to the west, extending over an area of about 22,800 square kilometres. The coast has an average elevation of 80 metres and is backed by

400-453: The few national parks in the world located within a city. The forest cover of the district is as follows: Chennai has Tropical savanna climate ( Köppen : Aw) According to 2011 census , Chennai district had a population of 4,646,732 in unexpanded old limits area of 176 sq.km. with a sex-ratio of 989 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes accounted for 16.78% and 0.22% of

425-657: The important neighbourhoods in Seven Wells. Seven Wells is served by a lot of bus services operated by Metropolitan Transport Corporation, Chennai. Basin Bridge railway station is the nearby railway station to Seven Wells. Ramalinga Adigal alias Vallalar, who is better known for his contribution to spirituality and Tamil literature, lived 150 years ago in Veerasamy Pillai street in Seven Wells. Chennai district Chennai district , formerly known as Madras district ,

450-595: The much bigger Chennai metropolis , or officially, the Chennai Metropolitan Area . In 2018, the district's limits were expanded, aligning with that of the newly expanded Greater Chennai Corporation, which had annexed adjacent municipalities. It resulted in the area being increased from 175 square kilometres (68 sq mi) to 426 square kilometres (164 sq mi). The district is divided into three revenue divisions and ten taluks .It has GDP ( PPP ) of $ 143.9 Billion ( as of 2023 ) The name Chennai

475-583: The name HMS  Coromandel after the Indian coast. The Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand was named after one of these ships , and the town of Coromandel, New Zealand was named after the peninsula. Coromandel Valley, South Australia , and its neighbouring suburb, Coromandel East, gained their names from the ship Coromandel , which arrived in Holdfast Bay from London in 1837 with 156 English settlers. After

500-653: The name Coromandel in 1510, which was then used on maps by the Portuguese, but it was the Dutch who took up serious trading there. The Coromandel Coast is home to the East Deccan dry evergreen forests ecoregion , which runs in a narrow strip along the coast. Unlike most of the other tropical dry forest Biome regions of India, where the trees lose their leaves during the dry season, the East Deccan dry evergreen forests retain their leathery leaves year round. The Coromandel Coast

525-470: The northern latitude and 80°12' and 80°19' of the eastern longitude at an average altitude of 6 metres above sea level on a 'sandy shelving breaker swept' beach. Terrain slope varies from 1:5000 to 1:10,000. The terrain is very flat with contours ranging from 2 m to 10 m above mean sea level with a few isolated hillocks in the southwest beyond the district limits at St. Thomas Mount , Pallavaram and Tambaram . The district runs inland in

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550-656: The population respectively. The average literacy of the district was 81.27%, compared to the national average of 72.99%. With the expanded limits to 426 sq. km. Chennai district had a population of 6,748,026 as per 2011 census data. The district had a total of 1,154,982 households. There were a total of 1,817,297 workers, comprising 10,210 cultivators, 10,251 main agricultural labourers, 29,143 in house hold industries, 1,569,950 other workers, 197,743 marginal workers, 4,244 marginal cultivators, 3,423 marginal agricultural labourers, 8,202 marginal workers in household industries and 181,874 other marginal workers. In 2013, five taluks on

575-558: The ship reached the shore, some of its sailors deserted, intending to remain behind in South Australia, and took refuge in the hills in the Coromandel Valley region. In Slovene , the idiom Indija Koromandija (India Coromandel) means a land of plenty, a promised land, a utopia where "Houses are bleached with cheese and covered with cake". Edward Lear situates his nonsense poem The Yonghy Bonghy Bo by citing Coromandel on

600-628: Was derived from Damarla Chennappa Nayak , the father of a general of the Vijayanagar Empire . Chennai district covers an area of 426 km located on the Eastern Coastal Plains of India. It is situated on the northeastern corner of Tamil Nadu along the Coramandel coast , a region bounded by the Bay of Bengal and is surrounded inland by the districts of Tiruvallur , Kanchipuram and Chengalpattu . It lies between 12°59' and 13°9' of

625-712: Was earlier called as Peddanaikenpet. Seven Wells is a crowded place of residents and businesses. Located at an altitude of 33 m above the mean sea leve, the geographical coordinates of Seven Wells are 13°05'55.7"N 80°16'53.8"E (i.e. 13.098800°N 80.281600°E). Seven Wells area is bounded by Mint street, Audiappa street, Varadha Muthiyappan street and Vallalar (Mint) flyover. Apart from these streets, Seven Wells street, Govindappa street, Anna street, Thatha Muthiyappan street, Sambier street, Gregory street, Portugees Church street are few important streets in Seven Wells.Shanmugarayan streets Sowcarpet , Mannadi , George Town , Vannarapettai , Tondiarpet , and Vallalar Nagar are some of

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