Peerkankaranai

{{Short description|Neighborhood of Tambaram, India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}

{{Refimprove|date=July 2009}}

{{original research|date=August 2017}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Peerkankaranai

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}

| subdivision_type3 = District

| subdivision_name3 = Chengalpattu

| subdivision_name2 = Chennai Metropolitan Area

| subdivision_type2 = Metro

| subdivision_name1 = 22px Tamil Nadu

| subdivision_type1 = State

| coordinates = {{coord|12.911126|N|80.103636|E|display=inline,title}}

| official_name =

| pushpin_label_position = right

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Chennai Metropolitan Area##Location in Tamil Nadu##Location in India

| pushpin_mapsize = 300

| pushpin_map = India Chennai#Tamil Nadu#India

| settlement_type = Neighbourhood

| native_name =

| area_code = +91-044-2274

| population_total =

| postal_code = 600063

| postal_code_type = PINs

| utc_offset = +5:30

| timezone1 = IST

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_as_of =

| population_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 =

| unit_pref = Metric

| leader_title = MP

| leader_name = T.R. Baalu (DMK)

| leader_title1 = MLA

| leader_name1 = S.R. Raja (DMK)

| leader_title2 = Corporation Commissioner

| leader_title3 = Mayor

| leader_name3 = K. Vasanthakumari (DMK)

| leader_title4 = Deputy Mayor

| leader_name4 = G. Kamaraj (DMK)

| registration_plate = TN 11

| registration_plate_type = Vehicle Registration

| demographics_type1 = Languages

| demographics1_footnotes = {{cite web |url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf |title=52nd report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India (July 2014 to June 2015) |page=132 |date=29 March 2016 |work=Ministry of Minority Affairs (Government of India) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf |archive-date=25 May 2017}}

| demographics1_title1 = Official

| demographics1_info1 = Tamil

| demographics1_title2 = Additional official

| demographics1_info2 = English

| subdivision_type4 = City

| subdivision_name4 = Tambaram

| leader_name2 = R. Alagumeena IAS

| elevation_m =

| image_skyline =

| image_caption =

| blank_name_sec1 = Law enforcement agency

| blank_info_sec1 = Tambaram City Police

| blank1_name_sec1 = Urban planning agency

| blank1_info_sec1 = Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority

}}

Peerkankaranai is a neighborhood in the city of Tambaram, situated within the Chennai Metropolitan Area, Tamil Nadu, India.

Originally a town panchayat,it was merged with the Tambaram Municipal Corporation in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2021/nov/05/tambaram-becomes-the-20th-municipal-corporation-of-tamil-naduordinance-promulgated-2379839.html | title=Tambaram becomes the 20th municipal corporation of Tamil Nadu, Ordinance promulgated | date=5 November 2021 }}