About Edayalam Village

Edayalam is a mid sized village in Maduranthakam tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,016, made up of 525 males and 491 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 374.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603310, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Edayalam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Edayalam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Maduranthakam
Pincode	603310
Area (hectares)	374.67 hectares
Population	1,016
Male Population	525
Female Population	491
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
Bus Service (public)	Available within 2 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 2 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 3 km distance

How Edayalam compares

By the 2011 count Edayalam is the 89th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 374.67 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 995.

Getting to Edayalam

Edayalam 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 Edayalam as Available within 2 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 2 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 3 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Edayalam from other places

Edayalam lies about 35 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Thalangai, about 4.5 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 Edayalam
Nearest railway station	Thalangai	4.5 km
Nearest town	Sholinghur	9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Maduranthakam	35 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	35 km

Villages closest to Edayalam

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 Edayalam

As per the Census of India 2011, Edayalam village had a population of 1,016. That makes it the 89th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Edayalam village has 525 males and 491 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Edayalam has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Edayalam is 603310. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Edayalam covers 374.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Edayalam is Thalangai, about 4.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 3 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 2 km distance and private bus service as Available within 2 km distance for Edayalam.

Edayalam is about 35 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Edayalam is in Maduranthakam tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Thalangai is about 4.5 km away. Sholinghur is about 9.2 km away. Maduranthakam is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.