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About Therkuthittai Village

Therkuthittai is a mid sized village in Chidambaram tehsil, in the district of Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,830, made up of 903 males and 927 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 373.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 608601, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Therkuthittai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Therkuthittai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Cuddalore
Tehsil Chidambaram
Pincode 608601
Area (hectares) 373.68 hectares
Population 1,830
Male Population 903
Female Population 927
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,027
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Therkuthittai compares

By the 2011 count Therkuthittai is the 60th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,765 residents. Its 373.68 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Therkuthittai

Therkuthittai is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Therkuthittai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Therkuthittai from other places

Therkuthittai lies about 35 km from Cuddalore, and the nearest railway station is Kille, about 10 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Therkuthittai
Nearest town Kīl Bhuvanagiri 3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Chidambaram 9.9 km
Nearest railway station Kille 10 km
District headquarters Cuddalore 35 km

Villages closest to Therkuthittai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chidambaram tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Therkuthittai

As per the Census of India 2011, Therkuthittai village had a population of 1,830. That makes it the 60th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,765 residents.

Therkuthittai village has 903 males and 927 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Therkuthittai has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Therkuthittai is 608601. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Therkuthittai covers 373.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Therkuthittai falls under Chidambaram tehsil of Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Therkuthittai is Kille, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Therkuthittai.

Therkuthittai is about 35 km from Cuddalore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Therkuthittai is in Chidambaram tehsil of Cuddalore district. Kīl Bhuvanagiri is about 3.4 km away. Chidambaram is about 9.9 km away. Kille is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Vadakkuthittai (under 2 km), Melmanakkudi (1.6 km) and Budararayanpettai (2.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Therkuthittai today is likely to be higher.

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