About Porunthavakkam Village

Porunthavakkam is a small village in Chengalpattu tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 175, made up of 85 males and 90 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,059 females per 1000 males. The village covers 210.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Porunthavakkam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Porunthavakkam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Chengalpattu
Pincode	603002
Area (hectares)	210.16 hectares
Population	175
Male Population	85
Female Population	90
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,059
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 6 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10 km distance

How Porunthavakkam compares

By the 2011 count Porunthavakkam is the 132nd 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 210.16 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Porunthavakkam

Porunthavakkam 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 Porunthavakkam as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 6 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Porunthavakkam from other places

Porunthavakkam lies about 41 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Tirumani, about 6.1 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 Porunthavakkam
Nearest railway station	Tirumani	6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chengalpattu	7.1 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	41 km

Villages closest to Porunthavakkam

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 Porunthavakkam

As per the Census of India 2011, Porunthavakkam village had a population of 175. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents.

Porunthavakkam village has 85 males and 90 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Porunthavakkam has about 1059 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Porunthavakkam is 603002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Porunthavakkam covers 210.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Porunthavakkam is Tirumani, about 6.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 6 km distance for Porunthavakkam.

Porunthavakkam is about 41 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Porunthavakkam is in Chengalpattu tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Tirumani is about 6.1 km away. Chengalpattu is about 7.1 km away. Kancheepuram is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.