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About Vellankondagaram Village

Vellankondagaram is a small village in Cheyyur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 433, made up of 210 males and 223 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 363.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Vellankondagaram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Vellankondagaram village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Kancheepuram
Tehsil Cheyyur
Pincode 603401
Area (hectares) 363.35 hectares
Population 433
Male Population 210
Female Population 223
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,062
Bus Service (public) Available within 3 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 3 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 28 km distance

How Vellankondagaram compares

By the 2011 count Vellankondagaram is the 99th 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 363.35 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Vellankondagaram

Vellankondagaram 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 Vellankondagaram as Available within 3 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 3 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 28 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Vellankondagaram from other places

Vellankondagaram lies about 70 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Tozhuppedu, about 20 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 Vellankondagaram
Nearest town Marakkanam 6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Cheyyur 17 km
Nearest railway station Tozhuppedu 20 km
District headquarters Kancheepuram 70 km

Villages closest to Vellankondagaram

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.

Common questions about Vellankondagaram

As per the Census of India 2011, Vellankondagaram village had a population of 433. That makes it the 99th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents.

Vellankondagaram village has 210 males and 223 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Vellankondagaram has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Vellankondagaram is 603401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Vellankondagaram covers 363.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Vellankondagaram is Tozhuppedu, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 28 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 3 km distance and private bus service as Available within 3 km distance for Vellankondagaram.

Vellankondagaram is about 70 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Vellankondagaram is in Cheyyur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Marakkanam is about 6.5 km away. Cheyyur is about 17 km away. Tozhuppedu is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thuthuvilampattu (2.6 km), Vilambattu (2.6 km) and Chunampet (2.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Vellankondagaram today is likely to be higher.

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