About Nerkunam Village

Nerkunam is a mid sized village in Cheyyur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,127, made up of 574 males and 553 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 381.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603310, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nerkunam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nerkunam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Cheyyur
Pincode	603310
Area (hectares)	381.64 hectares
Population	1,127
Male Population	574
Female Population	553
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	963
Bus Service (public)	Available within 2 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 7 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 20 km distance

How Nerkunam compares

By the 2011 count Nerkunam is the 61st largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents. Its 381.64 hectares work out to about 3.0 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 Nerkunam

Nerkunam 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 Nerkunam as Available within 2 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 7 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 20 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Nerkunam from other places

Nerkunam lies about 67 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Karasangal, 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 Nerkunam
Nearest railway station	Karasangal	13 km
Nearest town	Marakkanam	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyur	23 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	67 km

Villages closest to Nerkunam

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 Nerkunam

As per the Census of India 2011, Nerkunam village had a population of 1,127. That makes it the 61st largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents.

Nerkunam village has 574 males and 553 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nerkunam has about 963 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 Nerkunam is 603310. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nerkunam covers 381.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Nerkunam is Karasangal, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 20 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 2 km distance and private bus service as Available within 7 km distance for Nerkunam.

Nerkunam is about 67 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nerkunam is in Cheyyur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Karasangal is about 13 km away. Marakkanam is about 14 km away. Cheyyur is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.