About Alapakkam Village

Alapakkam is a mid sized village in Kancheepuram tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 517, made up of 246 males and 271 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,102 females per 1000 males. The village covers 164.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 631561, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alapakkam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alapakkam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Kancheepuram
Pincode	631561
Area (hectares)	164.57 hectares
Population	517
Male Population	246
Female Population	271
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,102
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 20 km distance

How Alapakkam compares

By the 2011 count Alapakkam is the 117th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,412 residents. Its 164.57 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Alapakkam

Alapakkam 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 Alapakkam as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 20 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Alapakkam from other places

Alapakkam lies about 17 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Tirumalpur, about 3.1 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 Alapakkam
Nearest railway station	Tirumalpur	3.1 km
Nearest town	Arakkonam	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kancheepuram	17 km

Villages closest to Alapakkam

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kancheepuram 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 Alapakkam

As per the Census of India 2011, Alapakkam village had a population of 517. That makes it the 117th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,412 residents.

Alapakkam village has 246 males and 271 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alapakkam has about 1102 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Alapakkam is 631561. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alapakkam covers 164.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Alapakkam falls under Kancheepuram tehsil of Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Alapakkam is Tirumalpur, about 3.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 20 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 km distance for Alapakkam.

Alapakkam is about 17 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alapakkam is in Kancheepuram tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Tirumalpur is about 3.1 km away. Arakkonam is about 12 km away. Kancheepuram is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.