About Alapakkam Village

Alapakkam is a mid sized village in Maduranthakam tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 977, made up of 510 males and 467 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 321.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603406, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alapakkam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alapakkam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Maduranthakam
Pincode	603406
Area (hectares)	321.33 hectares
Population	977
Male Population	510
Female Population	467
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	916
Bus Service (public)	Available within 2 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 15 km distance

How Alapakkam compares

By the 2011 count Alapakkam is the 92nd largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 321.33 hectares work out to about 3.0 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 Alapakkam

Alapakkam 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 Alapakkam as Available within 2 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Alapakkam from other places

Alapakkam lies about 17 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Tirumalpur, about 3.1 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 Alapakkam
Nearest railway station	Tirumalpur	3.1 km
Nearest town	Arakkonam	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Maduranthakam	17 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	17 km

Villages closest to Alapakkam

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 Alapakkam

As per the Census of India 2011, Alapakkam village had a population of 977. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Alapakkam village has 510 males and 467 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alapakkam has about 916 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 Alapakkam is 603406. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alapakkam covers 321.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Alapakkam is Tirumalpur, about 3.1 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 2 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Alapakkam.

Alapakkam is about 17 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alapakkam is in Maduranthakam tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Tirumalpur is about 3.1 km away. Arakkonam is about 12 km away. Maduranthakam is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.