About Kelambakkam Village

Kelambakkam 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 5,189, made up of 2,571 males and 2,618 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 176.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kelambakkam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kelambakkam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Chengalpattu
Pincode	603211
Area (hectares)	176.3 hectares
Population	5,189
Male Population	2,571
Female Population	2,618
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,018
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 8 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 25 km distance

How Kelambakkam compares

By the 2011 count Kelambakkam is the 12th 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 176.3 hectares work out to about 29 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Kelambakkam

Kelambakkam 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 Kelambakkam as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 8 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 25 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kelambakkam from other places

Kelambakkam lies about 57 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Sholinganallur Metro, 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 Kelambakkam
Nearest town	Sholinganallur	12 km
Nearest railway station	Sholinganallur Metro	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chengalpattu	28 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	57 km

Villages closest to Kelambakkam

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 Kelambakkam

As per the Census of India 2011, Kelambakkam village had a population of 5,189. That makes it the 12th 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.

Kelambakkam village has 2,571 males and 2,618 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kelambakkam has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Kelambakkam is 603211. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kelambakkam covers 176.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 29 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Kelambakkam is Sholinganallur Metro, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 25 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 8 km distance for Kelambakkam.

Kelambakkam is about 57 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kelambakkam is in Chengalpattu tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Sholinganallur is about 12 km away. Sholinganallur Metro is about 13 km away. Chengalpattu is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.