Selaiyur is a suburb near Tambaram, Chennai (Madras). This suburb is located on the Tambaram - Velachery Road. Once upon a time, this place was called as Silaiyur. Neighbouring towns include Tambaram, Madambakkam, Rajakilpakkam, Sembakkam, Chitlapakkam and Medavakkam.The Indian AirForce has one if its bases here .It has been a preferred area for most of the retired airforce families and hence there are mix of people like north Indians, andhraites, keralites etc. Over the past few years this suburb has rapidly developed in terms of population due to the presence of vast number of private companies (national and multi national) present nearby.The nearest suburb station is Tambaram station and the Chennai airport (domestic and international) is only about 9 km away.Selaiyur has bus connectivi