About Poongunam Village

Poongunam is a large village in Cheyyur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,212, made up of 1,096 males and 1,116 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1211.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Poongunam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Poongunam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Cheyyur
Pincode	603313
Area (hectares)	1211.08 hectares
Population	2,212
Male Population	1,096
Female Population	1,116
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,018
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 15 km distance

How Poongunam compares

By the 2011 count Poongunam is the 25th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents. Its 1211.08 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Poongunam

Poongunam 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 Poongunam 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 15 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Poongunam from other places

Poongunam lies about 57 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Acharapakkam, about 8.8 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 Poongunam
Nearest railway station	Acharapakkam	8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyur	13 km
Nearest town	Kottaikādu	16 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	57 km

Villages closest to Poongunam

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 Poongunam

As per the Census of India 2011, Poongunam village had a population of 2,212. That makes it the 25th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents.

Poongunam village has 1,096 males and 1,116 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Poongunam has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Poongunam is 603313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Poongunam covers 1211.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Poongunam is Acharapakkam, about 8.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 15 km distance.

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

Poongunam is about 57 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Poongunam is in Cheyyur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Acharapakkam is about 8.8 km away. Cheyyur is about 13 km away. Kottaikādu is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.