About Poiganallur Village

Poiganallur is a mid sized village in Cheyyur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 500, made up of 269 males and 231 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 149.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Poiganallur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Poiganallur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Cheyyur
Pincode	603312
Area (hectares)	149.94 hectares
Population	500
Male Population	269
Female Population	231
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	859
Bus Service (public)	Available within 6 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 12 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 33 km distance

How Poiganallur compares

By the 2011 count Poiganallur is the 94th 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 149.94 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Poiganallur

Poiganallur 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 Poiganallur as Available within 6 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 12 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 33 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Poiganallur from other places

Poiganallur lies about 60 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Melmaruvattur, about 17 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 Poiganallur
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyur	3.5 km
Nearest town	Kottaikādu	12 km
Nearest railway station	Melmaruvattur	17 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	60 km

Villages closest to Poiganallur

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 Poiganallur

As per the Census of India 2011, Poiganallur village had a population of 500. That makes it the 94th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents.

Poiganallur village has 269 males and 231 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Poiganallur has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

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

Poiganallur covers 149.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Poiganallur is Melmaruvattur, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 33 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 6 km distance and private bus service as Available within 12 km distance for Poiganallur.

Poiganallur is about 60 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Poiganallur is in Cheyyur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Cheyyur is about 3.5 km away. Kottaikādu is about 12 km away. Melmaruvattur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.