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About Erumbedu Village

Erumbedu is a large village in Maduranthakam tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,614, made up of 1,299 males and 1,315 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 877.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Erumbedu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Erumbedu village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Kancheepuram
Tehsil Maduranthakam
Pincode 603302
Area (hectares) 877.41 hectares
Population 2,614
Male Population 1,299
Female Population 1,315
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,012
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 24 km distance

How Erumbedu compares

By the 2011 count Erumbedu is the 16th 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 877.41 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Erumbedu

Erumbedu 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 Erumbedu 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 24 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Erumbedu from other places

Erumbedu lies about 31 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Urappakkam, about 12 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 Erumbedu
Nearest town Srīperumbūdūr 6.6 km
Nearest railway station Urappakkam 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Maduranthakam 31 km
District headquarters Kancheepuram 31 km

Villages closest to Erumbedu

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.

Common questions about Erumbedu

As per the Census of India 2011, Erumbedu village had a population of 2,614. That makes it the 16th 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.

Erumbedu village has 1,299 males and 1,315 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Erumbedu has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Erumbedu is 603302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Erumbedu covers 877.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Erumbedu is Urappakkam, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 24 km distance.

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

Erumbedu is about 31 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Erumbedu is in Maduranthakam tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Srīperumbūdūr is about 6.6 km away. Urappakkam is about 12 km away. Maduranthakam is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Vellarai (2.0 km), Kolathur (3.6 km) and Mathur (5.3 km).

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

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