It comes under Mangadu municipality and is bounded by Porur on the north, Kolappakkam on the south, Mugalivakkam on the east and Manapakkam on the south-east directions.

The real estate boom in India and Chennai had its course in Moulivakkam too.

Multinational companies such as IBM, HP, CTS, and L&T Infotech have been located in this IT City.

In the year 2014, on June 28, in Moulivakkam, 55 persons were killed and several injured due to the collapse of a multi-storeyed building.

[1] Due to this incident, its twin tower which was semi-finished, was demolished with controlled explosives on November 2, 2016.