Royapuram is a locality in the northern part of the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

[2] The region was originally called Rayarapuram named after the Rayar Kings who rules down South.

It is also believed that the British / Anglo Indians settled in this locality were called Rayars, which lent the name Rayarpuram.

[3] From the 14th century, the erstwhile Vijayanagara Rulers[4] controlled this region till the Madras land grant to Francis Day.

The first train service commenced in 1856 from here to Arcot, the then capital of the Carnatic region.