•Royapuram is located 3.5 km from Chennai Central station.
•Royapuram is the place where the first railway station of south India was constructed in 1950.
•Royapuram has the Chennai's Port Trust located on its shores.
•Royapuram also has Kalmandapam alongside in its constituency.
•Previously Royapuram was a home to many Anglo Indians and today their numbers can be very low since people emigrate to other parts of city or to other countries.
The most highlighted place in royapuram is the Chennai Port formerly known as Madras Port,
It is the second largest port of India. It is over 125 years old. It is a substantial reason for the economic growth of Tamil
Nadu, especially for the manufacturing boom in South India. Its container traffic crossed 1 million TEUs for the first time in
2008. It is currently ranked the 91st largest container port. The home to the Southern Railways and the most important rail
hub in South India to Royapuram,the place where the first railway station of south India constructed.
Royapuram Railway station building, which was previously in a dilapidated condition, has now been refurbished.
It is believed to be one of oldest surviving railway station structures of the Indian Railways and thanks to the recent makeover stands again proudly posing to the onlookers riding through the Royapuram over bridge connecting Parry's.
Royapuram retains its specialty as the principal suburb of the Parsi community of Madras.
It is also recognized as one of the old residential areas for the Anglo-Indian community.
Big Bazaar is a chain of hypermarkets in India with more than 150 stores in operation.
Big Bazaar covers a whole lot of domestic products which includes Home & Kitchen Appliances, Apparels, Groceries & Beverages, Electronics & Computing and Toys & Games under the same roof.
The added advantage for the customers shopping in Big Bazaar is that there are all time discounts and promotional offers going on in the Big Bazaar on its salable products.
No hypermarket is there in royapuarm.
High brand equity.
State of art infrastructure.
Royapuram
Washermenpet(1km)
Tondiarpet(3km)
Tiruvottriyur (7km)
Sowcarpet (3km)
Broadway (2km)
Wall tax road(2km)
Wards Name Population
14 Tondiarpet 35546
15 Sanjeevirayanpet
23705
16 Grace garden 26307
17 Ma-po-si nagar 26519
18 Royapuram 17259
19 Singarathottam 18857
20 Narayanappa thootam
18579
21 Old washermenpet
21610
22 Meenakshimanpet
30440
Population Details(As per 2010 census details):
Bus No From To
1 Thiruvetriyur B.S Thiruvanmiyur
1A Thiruvetriyur B.S Thiruvanmiyur
10A Tollgate Saidapet West
1B Thiruvetriyur B.S Tambaram
56C Broadway Thiruvetriyur B.S
56N Broadway Ennore
101 Thiruvetriyur B.S Poonamallee
T1 Royapuram Thiruvanmiyur
Royapuram
Washermenpet
Korukkupet
Channai beach
s.no Bank Location
1. Central co-operative bank
M.S.koil street,royapuram
2. ICICI bank Chennai port trust,Gate zero, royapuram
3. Indian bank Mannarswamy koil road, royapuram
4. Indian Overseas bank Mannarswamy koil road, royapuram
5. State bank of india Mannarswamy koil road, royapuram
6. Tamil Nadu State Apex Co-operative
bank
Suryanarayanan chetty street, royapuram
7. Laxshmi vilas bank Suryanarayanan chetty street, royapuram
Reliance Fresh (1/2km)
More.(6km)
Megamart(3km)
Mc Rennet (1/2km)
Reymonds (1/2km)
Archana sweets & restaurant (1/2km)
Reliance Fresh
Strengths : Price Quality Space
Weakness : No sign boards Lack in customer service
More.
Strengths: Varieties Sign boards
Weakness: Actual MRP pricing Less space Less offers
Mega mart
Strength: Branded apprarels Offers
Weakness: High price Less varieties Less space
Sri veera’s creation
Strengths: Good assortment Reasonable pricing Sign boards Adequate space
Weakness: Non branded items Minimum catchment area Less advertisement
Kalandar madina textiles
Strengths: Store image Expertise Quality Reasonable price
Weakness: Less promotional offers
Sri sona collections
Strengths: Personal touch with customers Low price
Weakness: Less space Poor customer service Local brands
Santhosh departmental stores
Strengths: Price discounts Good customer service
Weakness: Less space Less varieties No shopping comforts
Anbu stores
Strengths: Variety Wholesale price Door delivery
Weakness: No touch and feel of the products No promotional offers
Kannan storesStrengths: Wholesale price Quantity discounts Varieties
Weakness: High competition location
Pushpa stores
Strengths: Space Wholesale price Home delivery Availability
Weakness: Customer service
J.K.supermarket
Strengths: Price discounts Customer service layout
Weakness: Limited space Shopping comforts
Murugan stores Strengths: Store location Wholesale pricing Varieties
Weakness: No touch and feel of products