Kelambakkam is a suburban and residential neighbourhood of Chennai, India. It is located in the south-eastern portion of the city along the Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR), and is about 5 km from Siruseri IT park and 12 km from Sholinganallur junction. It is another important junction after Sholinganalur, which connects GST road (Vandalur) and ECR road (Kovalam). Kelambakkam is considered as the southern gateway to Chennai city on OMR Road and comes under Zone-2 (Sholinganalur to Kelambakkam stretch) of OMR Road. Metro Train project-Phase 2 is under process which connects Madhavaram with Siruseri IT park (Deadline to be operational for this Corridor-3 by 2025). Census 2011 The total population of Kelambakkam is around 20,000 and expected to be doubled by 2021. The literacy rate of this locality is 90.88%. The sex ratio in Kelambakkam is 1,018. More families are migrating to Kelambakkam due to huge residential and commercial development, good ground water availability and easy accessibility to all parts of Chennai city with excellent road infrastructure. According to recent survey, Chennai city will have a population of 15 million people by 2030 (current population in 2019 is 11 million). Since population has already reached saturation point till Sholinganallur in OMR Road, more people (around 10 lakh people) will start migrating in Sholinganallur–Kelambakkam stretch till 2030. Schools in Kelambakkam St. Francis International School DAV Group of School (SM Fomra) Chettinad - Sarvalokaa Education International School Sushil Hari International Residential School Velammal New Gen CBSE School Little Millennium Preschool Kelambakkam Jagannath Vidyalaya CBSE School Billabong High International School Buvana Krishnan Matriculation Higher Secondary School St Mary's Matriculation Higher Secondary School Ilanthalir Kids Zone Preschool Kidzee Kelambakkam Play, Nursery School Government Higher Secondary School Nellai Mathematics School Colleges nearby Kelambakkam IIT Madras- Scientific Discovery campus- PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone in 2021 for constructing a campus at a cost of Rs.1,000 crores (State government has given 163 acres of land in Thaiyur at 2017). VIT University SSN University(250 acre campus) Hindustan University Chettinad School of Architecture IIITDM Kancheepuram (Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram) Chettinad Academy of Research & Education (Deemed to be university under section 3 of the UGC Act) Chettinad college of Nursing Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute Dhanapalan College of Arts & Science SMK Fomra Institute of Technology Anand Institute of Technology PSB polytechnic college Tagore Medical college and Hospital Hospitals Chettinad Super Speciality Hospital