About Thandalam Village

Thandalam is a mid sized village in Cheyyur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,147, made up of 593 males and 554 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 235.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thandalam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thandalam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Cheyyur
Pincode	603301
Area (hectares)	235.66 hectares
Population	1,147
Male Population	593
Female Population	554
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
Bus Service (public)	Available within 4 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 4 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 4 km distance

How Thandalam compares

By the 2011 count Thandalam is the 60th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents. Its 235.66 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Thandalam

Thandalam 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 Thandalam as Available within 4 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 4 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 4 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Thandalam from other places

Thandalam lies about 51 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Acharapakkam, about 4.2 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 Thandalam
Nearest railway station	Acharapakkam	4.2 km
Nearest town	Madurāntakam	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyur	16 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	51 km

Villages closest to Thandalam

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 Thandalam

As per the Census of India 2011, Thandalam village had a population of 1,147. That makes it the 60th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents.

Thandalam village has 593 males and 554 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thandalam has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Thandalam is 603301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thandalam covers 235.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Thandalam is Acharapakkam, about 4.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 4 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 4 km distance and private bus service as Available within 4 km distance for Thandalam.

Thandalam is about 51 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thandalam is in Cheyyur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Acharapakkam is about 4.2 km away. Madurāntakam is about 13 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.