About Thandarai Village

Thandarai is a mid sized village in Cheyyur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 551, made up of 300 males and 251 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 837 females per 1000 males. The village covers 221.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thandarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thandarai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Cheyyur
Pincode	603312
Area (hectares)	221.76 hectares
Population	551
Male Population	300
Female Population	251
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	837
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 12 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 33 km distance

How Thandarai compares

By the 2011 count Thandarai is the 88th 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 221.76 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 Thandarai

Thandarai 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 Thandarai as Available within 5 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 Thandarai from other places

Thandarai lies about 37 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Madurantakam, about 7.0 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 Thandarai
Nearest town	Madurāntakam	5.9 km
Nearest railway station	Madurantakam	7.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyur	27 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	37 km

Villages closest to Thandarai

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 Thandarai

As per the Census of India 2011, Thandarai village had a population of 551. That makes it the 88th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents.

Thandarai village has 300 males and 251 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thandarai has about 837 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 Thandarai is 603312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thandarai covers 221.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Thandarai is Madurantakam, about 7.0 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 5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 12 km distance for Thandarai.

Thandarai is about 37 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thandarai is in Cheyyur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Madurāntakam is about 5.9 km away. Madurantakam is about 7.0 km away. Cheyyur is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.