Cost of Living in Chennai

THanks for sharing this post. It is true that joining in best schools in Chennai is very expensive. I want to introduce myself.
Hi this is abhijit the student of sunbeam school which is one of the best school in Chennai http://www.sunbeamchennai.org/ and it is very cost effective

Hi,
I am from Bangladesh. I would like to come Chennai for my parents treatment. Will you suggest me please what would be better for me, taking Apartments for 15 days or staying in medium category hotels? I have to save my money. What would be my estimated living and food cost if stay in hotel and take food from restaurant ( obviously cost minimization is important) or rented an apartment for 15 days and cook by ourselves? We are three members.

Please provide me the information.

Thanks in Advance.
Regards,

Sajib

Chennai is not a good city to settle because of water crisis, power cuts and the abnormal climate conditions. I am a chennaite and living in Mumbai. Mumbai climate and water really the best. No power cuts even in Mumbai. I hv my own 2 flats in Chennai. Retired and went and stayed for 1 year in Chennai and returned back and taken up a consultant job once again in Mumbai. The reason is I don't prefer Chennai for living due to heat and lousy water taste and colour. Since, all my relatives are in Chennai my wife is not allowing me to settle in Mumbai. I am really getting frightened to go back again. What to do no other go. It is my fate. Lousy City with poor living condition and worst political team ruling the state. If any one has any idea how to be happy in Chennai without facing the issues mentioned above, Please suggest.

I am from Australia would like to open shop for Australian food and oil products. Please advise. Thank you.
Shah

I come from Amritsar and I am living in chennai from past 5 years. I have lived in Delhi, Mumbai and used to roam other parts of the country coz of my job. I come from proper punjabi family. so you can understand our culture are entirely different. Language, food habits, clothing, festivals, basic attitude of people everything is different. Even Gods are different here ( if you go to a temple in Chennai, u'll know). Only thing common here is we come from same country even we are separated by 2500kms. But thing which make me sustain here is people here are very calm, helpful. but that's also true u need to know english, Hindi won't work. otherwise, I never felt that kind of respect in the ppl language as compared to other part of country. you can't even compare it with delhi. whenever i go to delhi I been forced to use foul language (which we can proudly speak :) ) to negotiate ppl (auto wala, bus wala). but here in chennai nothing like that. I never faced any north indian discrimination here in 5 years. otherwise in 1 month itself i have faced 3-4 instances of language discrimination in open market in maha state. Rest cost of living, I think chennai is less costlier considering its rail, govt controlled bus fairs, movie tickets. It's true politicians are corrupt, well they are everywhere. But You can see govt expenditure for ppl easily. Rest of things like safety, good south indian food ( I like ghee roast very much) other ppl cmmntd. yes, Thats also true you can't compare chennai with bangalore or mumbai for there night life. chennai is more inclined towards maintaining there culture which other cities have shredded off. I can't blame anyone for this. In the end i ll say its upto you, what kind of life is more important to you. A guy from delhi, mumbai, banglore surley ll live here in little difficulty. but a guy like me from a town can live. Its up to you. it is honest review. Thanks

Hi, planning to move chennai with family of 3 members. What's the approx monthly expenditure to live in chennai . My daughter is have serious mosquito bite allergy so which place is best to live in that sense. Thanks

Chennai is a good place to live. Yes, it is over crowded now-a-days. Yet, Hope that after completion of underground Metro, ease of travel will be there.
Many unacceptable rules are prevalent in Chennai.
Unruly road behavior such as driving exactly opposite to another on-coming traffic. Many non-chennaites have migrated into Chennai. Lot of TASMAC (It is a hell)
But to address few issues, we have the freedom to do in our own way to execute as well.
Example: House to house garbage collection, road cleaning etc., using paid scavenger by group of like minded people. (Happening in our area!); engaging night patrol besides police patrol (through private money collection), patronizing Auto-rickshaw at our street end so that there will be a constant and decent charges and dependable transport for any aged person / children for essential transport.

Hai chennai is the hub for south indians.lot of companies giving jobs mainly to keralites for running tea shops esp nair tea shops.north indians coming to my tamilnadu and mentioning as heaven.5 star hotels and for poor people also live decently.all states have negatives for example literacy state like kerala have too much suicide alcoholism divorces.still they behave like super man.I say tamilnadu yet to get AIIMS and smart cities.we tamils work in our own states in india itself becz v having everything.jai hind

I (born and brought up in bangalore living in chennai) would say that chennai is better that the other metropolis..as ive been to of the 4 of 7 metropolis in india. Don't come to a conclusion after reading these comments below .I can accept to the only complaints of bad auto men.but on the other hand its the safest of all the 7 cities for women and found culturaly next to banglore. You can't find any red marks of panbarak here, you can rarely find some which are because of the bihari workers in construction fields. Traffic is just like the other metropolis. Its a city well connected with public transport in low cost unlike banglore were hiring an auto is cheaper than public transport. Its mainly about were you live in chennai . There are all kind of people depending on area you can classify them..another acceptable complaints from these comments are that you cant survive with hindi unlike other metropolis .you must know tamil or English to survive or at least a rubish english, Basically because of the patriotic people on their language and hindi is taught in no schools of chennai except the one and only kendra vidyalaya in iit campus. Because of the great boom in violence for two months in 1965 against hindi were 70 people killed due to lathi charge and open firing since then this is the fate (dont speak bad of tamil or proud of hindi in both case there's a possibility that you may be beaten). Its clean city depending upon the place you live .and by pollution control board ,its the least polluted of the 7 cities.in food you can get all kinds of food in world.for entertainment I promise that its the best city where no movie tickets are more than 120 rs.where in bangalore escape cinimas its 700rs the same escape cinemas in chennai is only 120 rs,because of the state government's rules in fixing the maximum as 120 rs .there are many malls , pubs, 5 star hotels are very common in chennai and cost of living is same as that of bangalore (in fact quite higher than banglore).Its the fourth largest city in india and 31st in world (some claim that banglore is the 4th largest but thats an error).you can say that chennai better than other metropolis in short.

Horrible, Horrible place to live in. Coming from Bangalore, i expected another city in the South to be comparable. First of all getting a house was such a pain, the houses i saw were dirty and looks like the owners never cleant them in decades. The mosquito problem is terrible. The people seem to think they have a superiority complex and it is ok to diss people who come from Bangalore because they are the main competitors to chennai-ites. Stupid backward mentality of the people, who pass judgement like they are born to judge by the attire of people. Looks like these fellows are born with a horn in their mouths as soon as they come out of the womb. They cannot stop honking, never mind that it is quite clear i cannot move because i have a huge ass truck in front of me which, i am sure they can see as well!! Terrible 2-wheeler riders. The people expect you to know tamil straight off as if its something taught to you from birth! Ignorant fools, even in a tech environment feel its ok to break into tamil in between crucial meetings despite knowing that there are quite a few folks who don't quite catch on.

Greetings,
Chennai is a place with fully cultured people
Respects others mainly.alcoholism strike suicide very less comp to nearby states.very decent govt green city chennai.metro soon to start.chennau is a hub for south indians. Rich poor can live.all states have positives negatives.get the positives.whoever wish to live in chennai register your details with the nearest police stations and get the emergency numbers.v indians should keep our country and chennai city clean.Best of luck

hi, myself amit from mumbai.
as i have born in mumbai .. i am finding difficult to shift to chennai.
as i don't have any of my friends in chennai.
i am worried about the social life . coz last when i visited i found people were soo boring.. so any one here in chennai from mumbai, so that atleast i get someone who can speak hindi ..lol

My GOD! Chennai should be named the garbage city of india. I live in Delhi, even if someone offers me a free apartment, I wont come to Chennai. Apart from pricy real estate, the people of Chennai is not easy to cope with. Culturally it was a shock when I lived in Chennai for 6 months. The people are socially messed up and very competitive in everything. I don't think there is any life in Chennai except garbage.

Hi Shweta.... Some of the area those kind. so many place very nice all are good . very secure place here.