Sai Baba colony

Sai Baba colony
neighbourhood
Sai Baba colony

Location in Tamil Nadu, India

Coordinates: 11°13′N 76°57′E / 11.21°N 76.95°E / 11.21; 76.95Coordinates: 11°13′N 76°57′E / 11.21°N 76.95°E / 11.21; 76.95
Country  India
State Tamil Nadu
District Coimbatore
Elevation 412 m (1,352 ft)
Languages
 • Official Tamil
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 641011
Telephone code 91-422
Vehicle registration TN 38

Saibaba colony is an area located in Coimbatore, India. This locality is mostly occupied by upper-middle-class people living in Coimbatore. One side is bordered by Thadagam road and the other side by Mettupalayam Road. NSR road in Sai Baba colony is fully occupied by commercial centers.[1]

Geography

Saibaba Colony is situated just 4 km North of the heart of the City Gandhipuram and located between Mettupalayam Road and Thadagam Road. Saibaba Colony shares borders with R.S Puram, Coimbatore North Junction, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University campus and Goundampalayam.[2]

Population

According to India Census 2001, Saibaba Colony has an approximate population of 1,14,000 and considered as one of the most thickly populated area in Coimbatore City.[3]

General

Sai Baba Colony is named after the famous Sai baba temple located here. This is a pure, calm residential area with many individual houses mostly. But later in 2010 the area started booming with apartments owing to the increase in poulalarity and population.

NSR Road

NSR Road in Saibaba Colony is famous for its shopping joints and food centers which solves the basic amenities. Any need including stationeries, groceries, textiles, ATMs can be found easily in the NSR road.

Schools

There are various schools located in this locality. Notable schools include Bharathi Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Lisieux Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Avila Convent and Sindhi Vidhyalaya.

Entertainment

It has a municipal park for children built by the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation.[4] Saibaba Colony is also home to the Bharathi Park and many other well maintained parks which provide good facilities for morning walkers and jogging enthusiasts.

Shopping and dining

Brand supermarkets like Kannan® departmental store, Kumar stores,Durai store and pharmacies like Healthcare, Azhagu pharmacy and top notch restaurants like Anna poorna®, All seasons and the fame snack bar K R bakes®, Ibaco® and stores like Central Ghee and chats, sweets and savories shop like Krishna sweets®, A1 chips and are located here.

Book Stores


The Raja book house is a famous book house located in NSR Road. You can buy or sell books. The Baba stores is also a famous book shop. Some others include Thirumagal traders, etc.

Educational and Cultural

Also there are many well versed excellent tution centres in the prime locality like ROOTS, CENTUM and PCMI for the school students in the 10th 11th and 12th standards. Lots and lots of students come here in order to score good marks in their board examinations.

There are many cultural centres like the Kala kshetra, Santhoshi Matha Vidyalaya, Kalalaya, CCA etc.

The famous Zion church is situated here and many Hindu temples are also found in every street of Sai Baba Colony.

References

  1. ↑ http://wikimapia.org/#lat=10.9946645&lon=76.9694451&z=18&l=0&m=b&search=Puliakulam
  2. ↑ "SB Colony Borders : Map showing surrounding areas of Saibaba Cololy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-06.
  3. ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  4. ↑ Vijayakumar, Vignesh (2012-07-16). "Delay in park inauguration keeps children away". The Hindu. Coimbatore. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
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