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About Olakkalpattu Village

Olakkalpattu is a mid sized village in Kancheepuram tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,024, made up of 531 males and 493 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 248.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 631502, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Olakkalpattu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Olakkalpattu village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Kancheepuram
Tehsil Kancheepuram
Pincode 631502
Area (hectares) 248.99 hectares
Population 1,024
Male Population 531
Female Population 493
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 928
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 16 km distance

How Olakkalpattu compares

By the 2011 count Olakkalpattu is the 76th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,412 residents. Its 248.99 hectares work out to about 4.1 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 1000.

Getting to Olakkalpattu

Olakkalpattu 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 Olakkalpattu 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 16 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Olakkalpattu from other places

Olakkalpattu lies about 11 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Tirumalpur, about 6.2 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 Olakkalpattu
Nearest railway station Tirumalpur 6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Kancheepuram 11 km
Nearest town Kanchipuram 11 km

Villages closest to Olakkalpattu

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.

Common questions about Olakkalpattu

As per the Census of India 2011, Olakkalpattu village had a population of 1,024. That makes it the 76th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,412 residents.

Olakkalpattu village has 531 males and 493 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Olakkalpattu has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Olakkalpattu is 631502. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Olakkalpattu covers 248.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Olakkalpattu is Tirumalpur, about 6.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 16 km distance.

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

Olakkalpattu is about 11 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Olakkalpattu is in Kancheepuram tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Tirumalpur is about 6.2 km away. Kancheepuram is about 11 km away. Kanchipuram is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Melbangaram (1.9 km), Kuram (2.3 km) and Thaipakkam (3.1 km).

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

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