Kavaraipettai

13°21′N 80°09′E

Kavaraipettai Rathnapuri
town
Interactive map of Kavaraipettai
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvallur
Metro	Chennai
Government
• Body	Municipality
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	601206
Telephone code	044

Kavaraipettai is a suburb in North Chennai, in the Tiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is about 30 miles (48 km) from Chennai.

Transport

Kavaraipettai is connected by road and rail networks. The Chennai Airport lies 60 km (37 mi) to the south. The major roads connecting Chennai and Kavaraipettai is the Chennai–Kolkata Highway Road. Kavaraipettai lies on National Highway 16. There are suburban trains running between Kavaraipettai and Chennai Central. City buses run by the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) play an important role in transportation.^{[citation needed]}