About Murukkanthangal Village

Murukkanthangal is a small village in Cheyyur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 289, made up of 138 males and 151 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,094 females per 1000 males. The village covers 14.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603305, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Murukkanthangal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murukkanthangal village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Cheyyur
Pincode	603305
Area (hectares)	14.2 hectares
Population	289
Male Population	138
Female Population	151
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,094
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 2 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 40 km distance

How Murukkanthangal compares

By the 2011 count Murukkanthangal is the 105th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents. Its 14.2 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Murukkanthangal

Murukkanthangal 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 Murukkanthangal as Available within 5 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 40 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Murukkanthangal from other places

Murukkanthangal lies about 53 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Melmaruvattur, about 6.7 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 Murukkanthangal
Nearest railway station	Melmaruvattur	6.7 km
Nearest town	Madurāntakam	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyur	14 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	53 km

Villages closest to Murukkanthangal

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 Murukkanthangal

As per the Census of India 2011, Murukkanthangal village had a population of 289. That makes it the 105th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents.

Murukkanthangal village has 138 males and 151 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murukkanthangal has about 1094 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Murukkanthangal is 603305. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Murukkanthangal covers 14.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Murukkanthangal is Melmaruvattur, about 6.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 40 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 2 km distance for Murukkanthangal.

Murukkanthangal is about 53 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murukkanthangal is in Cheyyur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Melmaruvattur is about 6.7 km away. Madurāntakam is about 13 km away. Cheyyur is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.