Muttukadi is located close to the East Coast Road in Chennai. It is located 23 kilometres from Adyar and is along the way to Mamallapuram. It is known to house the Muttukadu Boat House, that offers water sports like water skiing, wind surfing, speedboat rising and wind surfing. It is surrounded by neighbourhoods such as Thalambur, Perumbakkam, Padur, Navallur, Moolacheri, Kelambakkam, Sholinganallur, Uthandi and Thiruvidandhai.

The Chennai International Airport is 32.5 kilometres from here along the East Coast Road. The Chennai Central Railway Station is located 35.5 kilometres away.

Muttukadu real estate is sought-after for the area’s well-developed social infrastructure. The area’s real estate has plots and apartments on offer. The configurations available here are 2, 3 and 4BHK, while the built-up area of property in Muttukadu ranges from 700 to 22,025 sq ft. The price of Muttukadu property has fallen by 12 per cent in the past 31 months. There are four under-construction projects in the neighbourhood. Popular projects located here include The Nest’s Njoy Apartment that has 8 units measuring from 700 to 855 sq ft and Raj Waterscape’s Buckingham Gardens, which has 17 units measuring from 6,618 to 6,778 sq ft.

Educational institutes in the locality include Gateway American School, Suddhananda Vidhyalaya School, Hiranandani Upscale School and St Joseph’s Higher Secondary School. Hospitals located here are Madha Pidha Hospital, V Cure Hospital and Santhi Hospital. Banks such as Indian Bank, Punjab and Sind Bank and State Bank of India have their branches located here.