About Echankaranai Village

Echankaranai is a mid sized village in Chengalpattu tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 747, made up of 370 males and 377 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 329.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Echankaranai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Echankaranai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Chengalpattu
Pincode	603204
Area (hectares)	329.57 hectares
Population	747
Male Population	370
Female Population	377
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within 2 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 7 km distance

How Echankaranai compares

By the 2011 count Echankaranai is the 90th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents. Its 329.57 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Echankaranai

Echankaranai 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 Echankaranai as Available within 2 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 7 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Echankaranai from other places

Echankaranai lies about 53 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Tirumani, about 17 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 Echankaranai
Nearest town	Tirukkalikkunram	9.3 km
Nearest railway station	Tirumani	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chengalpattu	19 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	53 km

Villages closest to Echankaranai

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

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Common questions about Echankaranai

As per the Census of India 2011, Echankaranai village had a population of 747. That makes it the 90th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents.

Echankaranai village has 370 males and 377 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Echankaranai has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Echankaranai is 603204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Echankaranai covers 329.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Echankaranai falls under Chengalpattu tehsil of Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Echankaranai is Tirumani, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 7 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 2 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Echankaranai.

Echankaranai is about 53 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Echankaranai is in Chengalpattu tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Tirukkalikkunram is about 9.3 km away. Tirumani is about 17 km away. Chengalpattu is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.