About Poondi Village

Poondi is a mid sized village in Chengalpattu tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 545, made up of 291 males and 254 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 192.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Poondi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Poondi village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Chengalpattu
Pincode	603105
Area (hectares)	192.56 hectares
Population	545
Male Population	291
Female Population	254
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	873
Bus Service (public)	Available within 0.5 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 3 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 18 km distance

How Poondi compares

By the 2011 count Poondi is the 104th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents. Its 192.56 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Poondi

Poondi 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 Poondi as Available within 0.5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 3 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 18 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Poondi from other places

Poondi lies about 31 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Pakkam, about 14 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 Poondi
Nearest town	Uttiramerūr	5.6 km
Nearest railway station	Pakkam	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chengalpattu	27 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	31 km

Villages closest to Poondi

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 Poondi

As per the Census of India 2011, Poondi village had a population of 545. That makes it the 104th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents.

Poondi village has 291 males and 254 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Poondi has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Poondi is 603105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Poondi covers 192.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Poondi is Pakkam, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 18 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 0.5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 3 km distance for Poondi.

Poondi is about 31 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Poondi is in Chengalpattu tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Uttiramerūr is about 5.6 km away. Pakkam is about 14 km away. Chengalpattu is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.