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About Chinnavelikadu Village

Chinnavelikadu is a mid sized village in Cheyyur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,152, made up of 585 males and 567 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 478.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chinnavelikadu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chinnavelikadu village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Kancheepuram
Tehsil Cheyyur
Pincode 603312
Area (hectares) 478.58 hectares
Population 1,152
Male Population 585
Female Population 567
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 969
Bus Service (public) Available within 1 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 2 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 25 km distance

How Chinnavelikadu compares

By the 2011 count Chinnavelikadu is the 59th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents. Its 478.58 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Chinnavelikadu

Chinnavelikadu 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 Chinnavelikadu as Available within 1 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 2 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 Chinnavelikadu from other places

Chinnavelikadu lies about 52 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Madurantakam, about 11 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 Chinnavelikadu
Nearest railway station Madurantakam 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Cheyyur 11 km
Nearest town Madurāntakam 12 km
District headquarters Kancheepuram 52 km

Villages closest to Chinnavelikadu

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Cheyyur 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.

Common questions about Chinnavelikadu

As per the Census of India 2011, Chinnavelikadu village had a population of 1,152. That makes it the 59th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents.

Chinnavelikadu village has 585 males and 567 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chinnavelikadu has about 969 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Chinnavelikadu is 603312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chinnavelikadu covers 478.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chinnavelikadu falls under Cheyyur tehsil of Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Chinnavelikadu is Madurantakam, about 11 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 1 km distance and private bus service as Available within 2 km distance for Chinnavelikadu.

Chinnavelikadu is about 52 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chinnavelikadu is in Cheyyur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Madurantakam is about 11 km away. Cheyyur is about 11 km away. Madurāntakam is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Periavelikadu (under 2 km), Thiruvadur (2.5 km) and Uludamangalam (3.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Chinnavelikadu today is likely to be higher.

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