About Thandalam Village

Thandalam is one of the larger villages in Chengalpattu tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,546, made up of 2,771 males and 2,775 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,001 females per 1000 males. The village covers 576.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thandalam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thandalam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Chengalpattu
Pincode	603110
Area (hectares)	576.97 hectares
Population	5,546
Male Population	2,771
Female Population	2,775
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,001
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 29 km distance

How Thandalam compares

By the 2011 count Thandalam is the 11th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents. Its 576.97 hectares work out to about 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Thandalam

Thandalam 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 Thandalam 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 29 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Thandalam from other places

Thandalam lies about 39 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Padalam, about 2.8 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 Thandalam
Nearest railway station	Padalam	2.8 km
Nearest town	Madurāntakam	8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chengalpattu	14 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	39 km

Villages closest to Thandalam

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 Thandalam

As per the Census of India 2011, Thandalam village had a population of 5,546. That makes it the 11th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents.

Thandalam village has 2,771 males and 2,775 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thandalam has about 1001 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Thandalam is 603110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thandalam covers 576.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Thandalam is Padalam, about 2.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 29 km distance.

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

Thandalam is about 39 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thandalam is in Chengalpattu tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Padalam is about 2.8 km away. Madurāntakam is about 8.4 km away. Chengalpattu is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.