Batu Caves (town)

Place

Batu Caves 峇都喼 (Chinese), பத்துமலை (Tamil)

Batu Caves (Chinese: 峇都喼, Tamil: பத்துமலை) is a mukim and town in Gombak District, Selangor, Malaysia. Named after the limestone caves and Hindu shrine Batu Caves, the town is experiencing an increase in residences due to a housing boom in the center of the city.

Townships and villages

Taman Jasa
Taman Pinggiran Batu Caves
Taman Industri Bolton
Kampung Indian Settlement
Taman Amaniah
Taman Batu Caves
Taman Selasih
Taman Samudera
Taman Desa Bakti
Taman Desa Minang
Taman Ehsan
Taman Koperasi Polis
Astana Gemilang
Perkampungan Melayu Seri Gombak
Taman Selayang
Taman Seri Selayang
Kampung Melayu
Kampung Baru Batu Caves
Kampung Laksamana
Kampung Nakhoda
Kampung Bendahara
Kampung Lalat
Kampung Sungai Kertas
Kampung Datuk Karim
Taman Gombak Permai
Selayang Mulia
Selayang Mutiara
Kampung Melayu Sri Wira Damai

Places of Worships

Batu Caves temple
Tiong Yee Temple (忠义庙)
Chee Choy Kong Temple (自在宫)
Xian Fa Shi Gong Temple (仙法师公古庙)
Al-Amaniah Mosque
Surau Al-Kahfi
Surau Al-Ubudiah
Masjid Al-Khairiyah
Surau Al-Ikhwan

Education

The housing boom in the town has led more residents to move into the town and led to the need for more new schools.

Kindergartens

Private
- Tadika Setia Kasih
- Tadika Disney
- Tadika Islam Sayidina Abu-Bakar As-Siddiq
- 3Q MRC Junior Taman Sri Gombak
Public
- Tabika Kemas Perkampungan Melayu
- Tabika Kemas Taman Seri Gombak

Primary schools

Currently, there are only six primary schools in the town.

Public
- Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Seri Gombak
- Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Seri Gombak 2
- Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Samudera
- Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Selasih
- Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Tamil) Batu Caves
- Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Taman Selayang (1)
- Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Taman Selayang (2)
- Sekolah Rendah Islam Saidina Abu Bakar As-Siddiq

Secondary schools

Public
- Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Seri Gombak
- Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Hillcrest
- Sekolah Menengah Taman Selayang
- Sekolah Menengah Seri Selayang

Current Development

Several new business centre have opened at the town heart and have raised the overall land-value. The development of the new-mosque has boosted the land-value of the surrounding area at Taman Sri Gombak near the Tasik Taman Seri Gombak besides simplify the citizens and students to go to mosque for pray.

Gallery

Batu Caves temple as seen from Lord Murugan statue
Batu Caves train station that is expected to be developed soon

Transportation

Public transport

The main rail station serving Batu Caves is the KC05 Batu Caves Komuter station, opened in 2010 as part of the refurbishment of the Sentul-Batu Caves branch line. The station is on the 1 Batu Caves-Pulau Sebang Line.

rapidKL and Selangor Omnibus buses serve this town.

Car

Batu Caves is located right next to the MRR2 Federal Route 28. The interchanges to East Coast Expressway (which goes to Kuantan and Kuala Terengganu) and Duta–Ulu Klang Expressway (which leads to Mont Kiara and Segambut) are located nearby.

Politics

Batu Caves is part of the Gombak parliamentary constituency, currently represented by Amirudin Shari of Parti Keadilan Rakyat.^[1] Batu Caves is covered by the Sungai Tua constituency in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly, currently represented by Amirudin Shari of Parti Keadilan Rakyat. He is also the current Menteri Besar of Selangor.^[2]

References

^ "Ahli Parlimen". Portal Rasmi Parlimen Malaysia. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
^ "ADN Kawasan N11 - N20". Portal Kerajaan Negeri Selangor Darul Ehsan. Retrieved 11 January 2016.

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