[2] The area is generally notorious for its thick population, narrow roads, poor infrastructure,[3][4] and high incidence of crime.
Northwards of Georgetown, extends the Anglo-Indian settlement of Royapuram and the historical town of Thiruvottiyur beyond which North Madras gives way to a series of fishing hamlets, individually known as kuppam in Tamil.
North Chennai originated with the founding of an East India Company factory in the village of Madrasapatnam.
The grant was confirmed on 22 August 1639 which is generally considered the date of the city's founding and celebrated as Madras Day and the signatories were Francis Day for the East India Company and Damera Venkata Nayaka a Padmanyaka Velama ruler for the Vijayanagar Empire.
This would, by the end of the 18th century, with significant alterations and expansions, become the Fort St George that we know today.