About Bukkathurai Village

Bukkathurai is a large village in Maduranthakam tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,561, made up of 1,281 males and 1,280 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 999 females per 1000 males. The village covers 464.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603308, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bukkathurai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bukkathurai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Maduranthakam
Pincode	603308
Area (hectares)	464.84 hectares
Population	2,561
Male Population	1,281
Female Population	1,280
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	999
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 km distance

How Bukkathurai compares

By the 2011 count Bukkathurai is the 18th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 464.84 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Bukkathurai

Bukkathurai 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 Bukkathurai 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 5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bukkathurai from other places

Bukkathurai lies about 34 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Padalam, about 4.7 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 Bukkathurai
Nearest railway station	Padalam	4.7 km
Nearest town	Chengalpattu	9.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Maduranthakam	34 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	34 km

Villages closest to Bukkathurai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bukkathurai village had a population of 2,561. That makes it the 18th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Bukkathurai village has 1,281 males and 1,280 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bukkathurai has about 999 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Bukkathurai is 603308. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bukkathurai covers 464.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bukkathurai falls under Maduranthakam tehsil of Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Bukkathurai is Padalam, about 4.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 km distance.

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

Bukkathurai is about 34 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bukkathurai is in Maduranthakam tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Padalam is about 4.7 km away. Chengalpattu is about 9.7 km away. Maduranthakam is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.