About Polambakkam Village

Polambakkam is a large village in Cheyyur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,242, made up of 1,117 males and 1,125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 656.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603309, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Polambakkam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Polambakkam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Cheyyur
Pincode	603309
Area (hectares)	656.72 hectares
Population	2,242
Male Population	1,117
Female Population	1,125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,007
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10 km distance

How Polambakkam compares

By the 2011 count Polambakkam is the 24th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents. Its 656.72 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 Polambakkam

Polambakkam 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 Polambakkam 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 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Polambakkam from other places

Polambakkam lies about 50 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Melmaruvattur, about 5.4 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 Polambakkam
Nearest railway station	Melmaruvattur	5.4 km
Nearest town	Madurāntakam	9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyur	16 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	50 km

Villages closest to Polambakkam

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 Polambakkam

As per the Census of India 2011, Polambakkam village had a population of 2,242. That makes it the 24th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents.

Polambakkam village has 1,117 males and 1,125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Polambakkam has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Polambakkam is 603309. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Polambakkam covers 656.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Polambakkam is Melmaruvattur, about 5.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10 km distance.

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

Polambakkam is about 50 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Polambakkam is in Cheyyur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Melmaruvattur is about 5.4 km away. Madurāntakam is about 9.4 km away. Cheyyur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.