Pallavaram is a town and a selection-grade municipality in the suburban Chennai. After 2015 August new taluk with Pallavaram as its headquarters has been created. It now is Pallavaram Taluk, in the district of Kanchipuram. Pallavaram is known for the cantonment area and the busy residential colonies.

Pallavaram has a very robust connectivity network of Pallavaram railway station of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network. It is connected to Madipakkam, Adambakkam, Medavakkam, Nanganallur, Velachery and Perungudi via Perungudi bypass. In order to overcome the traffic congestion there is a 2,200 metres long and 15 metres wide flyover which connects the city with Main Road, OMR, ECR and Main Road.

Pallavaram is home to many prominent IT companies like, TCS, Wipro, EPS Techno Software Solutions, Hubino, Terra Beans Technology. It has many reputed educational institutions and health care centres for the residents.

Being in close proximity to the major IT companies, there has been a huge demand for the residential apartments in the area. The major developers in the area are Mantri Group, Vishwakarma Properties, CC Builders, Bhavani Builders, RB Foundations. Pallavaram is a favourable place to invest in properties as it can provide profitable returns in the coming years. At present there are 54 ready to move in flats in Pallavaram. There are also three upcoming properties in Pallavaram. Mantri Serene, Vishwakarma Properties Skypod, Bluewall Homes Harsham, CC Builders Dhoni Arcade, Bhavani Builders Bhavani Flats are some of the properties in Pallavaram. There are plenty of options in property for sale in Pallavaram.