Palavakkam, Tiruvallur

Palavakkam is a village located in Ellapuram block, Uthukottai taluk of Tiruvallur District. It is situated about 50 km from Chennai on the Tirupathi Chennai Highways. The village boasts of having three schools - Govt Primary school, Govt Higher Secondary School and Sri Lakshmi Matriculation Higher Secondary School. The village has all basic amenities that people from nearby villages throng here to get the essentials. Hotel grey suit run by Absolute Homes is located 3 km from here and Adeniums India, the single largest collection of Adeniums in India, is about 2 km away. Michelin India is 4 km from this village. The village is bordered by two lakes of Palavakkam and Lachivakkam. The economy revolves around agriculture. The people speak Tamil and Telugu. The village has a mosque, two churches and five temples.