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About Poongunam Village

Poongunam is a large village in Panruti tehsil, in the district of Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,114, made up of 1,546 males and 1,568 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 433.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 607106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Poongunam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Poongunam village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Cuddalore
Tehsil Panruti
Pincode 607106
Area (hectares) 433.72 hectares
Population 3,114
Male Population 1,546
Female Population 1,568
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,014
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Poongunam compares

By the 2011 count Poongunam is the 43rd largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,493 residents. Its 433.72 hectares work out to about 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Poongunam

Poongunam 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 Poongunam 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 Poongunam from other places

Poongunam lies about 23 km from Cuddalore. 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 Poongunam
Tehsil headquarters Panruti 1.5 km
District headquarters Cuddalore 23 km

Villages closest to Poongunam

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Panruti 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 Poongunam

As per the Census of India 2011, Poongunam village had a population of 3,114. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,493 residents.

Poongunam village has 1,546 males and 1,568 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Poongunam has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Poongunam is 607106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Poongunam covers 433.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Poongunam falls under Panruti tehsil of Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu.

The census record for Poongunam notes the nearest railway station 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 Poongunam.

Poongunam is about 23 km from Cuddalore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Poongunam is in Panruti tehsil of Cuddalore district. Panruti is about 1.5 km away. Cuddalore is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kilarungunam (under 2 km), Lakshminarayanapuram (under 2 km) and Kanisapakkam (1.6 km).

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

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