Batu Caves (town)

Batu Caves is a town in Gombak district, Selangor, Malaysia. The town is located between Selayang and Gombak. Currently, more residences are about to move in as the housing booming at the heart of the city.

Townships and villages

• Taman Jasa
• Kampung Nakhoda
• 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 Lalat
• Kampung Datuk Karim

Places of Worships

• Batu Caves temple
• Al-Amaniah Mosque
• Surau Al-Kahfi
• Surau Al-Ubudiah
• Masjid Al-Khairiyah

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
• 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 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 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.

Gallery

• Bantu Caves Malaysia 2006-02-11.jpg

  Batu Caves temple as seen from their Hinduism statue

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  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.

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 the PKR, who is also the current Menteri Besar of Selangor. Batu Caves also forms its own constituency in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly, currently represented by Amirudin Shari, also from PKR.