Sowcarpet

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?Sorcarpet Chennai • Tamil Nadu • India
Image:Chennai area locator map.svg Image:India Tamil Nadu locator map.svg Image:Locator Dot.svg  Sorcarpet
Coordinates: 13°05′22″N 80°16′44″E / 13.0895, 80.27897
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
District(s)	Chennai
Parliamentary constituency	Chennai North
Assembly constituency	Harbour
Zone	Basin Bridge
Ward	30
Codes • Pincode	• 600079

Coordinates: 13°05′22″N 80°16′44″E / 13.0895, 80.27897

Sowcarpet is a sprawling locality in the north of Chennai, India. It is a major business area which houses a range of wholesale markets.

It is dominated by a majority north Indian community. Marwari moneylenders and businessmen from northern India (mainly from Gujarat and Rajasthan) settled in and around the area in the 1950s.

The name Sowcarpet is a polyglot mix of Sahukar (Hindi for "moneylender") and pettai (Tamil for "neighbourhood").