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About Guddalur Village

Guddalur is a mid sized village in Maduranthakam tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,487, made up of 724 males and 763 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,054 females per 1000 males. The village covers 603.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603306, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Guddalur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guddalur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Kancheepuram
Tehsil Maduranthakam
Pincode 603306
Area (hectares) 603.7 hectares
Population 1,487
Male Population 724
Female Population 763
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,054
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 2 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 15 km distance

How Guddalur compares

By the 2011 count Guddalur is the 58th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 603.7 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Guddalur

Guddalur 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 Guddalur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 2 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 15 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Guddalur from other places

Guddalur lies about 35 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Anavardikhanpettai, about 7.1 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 Guddalur
Nearest railway station Anavardikhanpettai 7.1 km
Nearest town Sholinghur 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Maduranthakam 35 km
District headquarters Kancheepuram 35 km

Villages closest to Guddalur

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 Guddalur

As per the Census of India 2011, Guddalur village had a population of 1,487. That makes it the 58th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Guddalur village has 724 males and 763 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guddalur has about 1054 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Guddalur is 603306. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Guddalur covers 603.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Guddalur is Anavardikhanpettai, about 7.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 15 km distance.

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

Guddalur 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.

Guddalur is in Maduranthakam tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Anavardikhanpettai is about 7.1 km away. Sholinghur is about 11 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.

The closest recorded villages are Kattugudalur (under 2 km), Minnal Chithamur (5.0 km) and Minnalkilminnal (5.0 km).

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

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