About Gunankaranai Village

Gunankaranai is a mid sized village in Maduranthakam tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 636, made up of 314 males and 322 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 272.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603307, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gunankaranai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gunankaranai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Maduranthakam
Pincode	603307
Area (hectares)	272.65 hectares
Population	636
Male Population	314
Female Population	322
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,025
Bus Service (public)	Available within 6 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 12 km distance

How Gunankaranai compares

By the 2011 count Gunankaranai is the 130th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 272.65 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 Gunankaranai

Gunankaranai 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 Gunankaranai as Available within 6 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 12 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gunankaranai from other places

Gunankaranai lies about 18 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Kanchipuram East, about 19 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 Gunankaranai
Nearest town	Cheyyar	9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Maduranthakam	18 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	18 km
Nearest railway station	Kanchipuram East	19 km

Villages closest to Gunankaranai

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 Gunankaranai

As per the Census of India 2011, Gunankaranai village had a population of 636. That makes it the 130th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Gunankaranai village has 314 males and 322 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gunankaranai has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Gunankaranai is 603307. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gunankaranai covers 272.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gunankaranai is Kanchipuram East, about 19 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 12 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 6 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gunankaranai.

Gunankaranai is about 18 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gunankaranai is in Maduranthakam tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Cheyyar is about 9.8 km away. Maduranthakam is about 18 km away. Kancheepuram is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.