About Chunampet Village

Chunampet is one of the larger villages in Cheyyur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 9,024, made up of 4,456 males and 4,568 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1871.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chunampet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chunampet village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Cheyyur
Pincode	603401
Area (hectares)	1871.29 hectares
Population	9,024
Male Population	4,456
Female Population	4,568
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,025
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 27 km distance

How Chunampet compares

By the 2011 count Chunampet is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents. Its 1871.29 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Chunampet

Chunampet 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 Chunampet 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 27 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chunampet from other places

Chunampet lies about 68 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Tozhuppedu, about 18 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 Chunampet
Nearest town	Marakkanam	8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyur	15 km
Nearest railway station	Tozhuppedu	18 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	68 km

Villages closest to Chunampet

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.

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Common questions about Chunampet

As per the Census of India 2011, Chunampet village had a population of 9,024. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents.

Chunampet village has 4,456 males and 4,568 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chunampet has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Chunampet is 603401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chunampet covers 1871.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chunampet is Tozhuppedu, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 27 km distance.

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

Chunampet is about 68 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chunampet is in Cheyyur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Marakkanam is about 8.2 km away. Cheyyur is about 15 km away. Tozhuppedu is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.