About Edarkundram Village

Edarkundram is a mid sized village in Chengalpattu tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 516, made up of 245 males and 271 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,106 females per 1000 males. The village covers 241.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Edarkundram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Edarkundram village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Chengalpattu
Pincode	603108
Area (hectares)	241.62 hectares
Population	516
Male Population	245
Female Population	271
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,106
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 12 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 21 km distance

How Edarkundram compares

By the 2011 count Edarkundram is the 108th 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 241.62 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 Edarkundram

Edarkundram 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 Edarkundram as Available within 5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 12 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 21 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Edarkundram from other places

Edarkundram lies about 46 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Tirumani, about 13 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 Edarkundram
Nearest town	Tirukkalikkunram	11 km
Nearest railway station	Tirumani	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chengalpattu	14 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	46 km

Villages closest to Edarkundram

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 Edarkundram

As per the Census of India 2011, Edarkundram village had a population of 516. That makes it the 108th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents.

Edarkundram village has 245 males and 271 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Edarkundram has about 1106 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Edarkundram is 603108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Edarkundram covers 241.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Edarkundram is Tirumani, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 21 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 12 km distance for Edarkundram.

Edarkundram is about 46 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Edarkundram is in Chengalpattu tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Tirukkalikkunram is about 11 km away. Tirumani is about 13 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.