Batu Caves (town)

Batu Caves (Chinese: 黑风洞、峇都喼, Tamil: பத்துமலை) is a mukim and town in Gombak District, Selangor, Malaysia. 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

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

Current Development

Several new business centre have opened at the town heart and have raises the overall land-value. The development of the new-mosque have boost 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.

  • Batu Caves temple as seen from their Hinduism statue
  • Batu Caves train station that are 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 Seremban Line.

rapidKL and Selangor Omnibus buses serve this town.

Car

Batu Caves is located right next to the MRR2 . The interchanges to LPT (which goes to Kuantan and Kuala Terengganu) and DUKE (which leads to Mont Kiara and Segambut) are located nearby.

Politics

Batu Caves is part of the Gombak parliamentary constituency, currently represented by Azmin Ali of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia.[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
  1. "Ahli Parlimen". Portal Rasmi Parlimen Malaysia. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  2. "ADN Kawasan N11 - N20". Portal Kerajaan Negeri Selangor Darul Ehsan. Retrieved 11 January 2016.

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