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About Poondi Village

Poondi is a small village in Maduranthakam tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 12, made up of 7 males and 5 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 714 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Poondi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Poondi village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Kancheepuram
Tehsil Maduranthakam
Pincode 603313
Area (hectares) 76.64 hectares
Population 12
Male Population 7
Female Population 5
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 714
Bus Service (public) Available within 1 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 20 km distance

How Poondi compares

By the 2011 count Poondi is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 76.64 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Poondi

Poondi 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 Poondi as Available within 1 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 20 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Poondi from other places

Poondi lies about 33 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Walaja Road Junction, about 9.8 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 Poondi
Nearest town Walajapet 5.3 km
Nearest railway station Walaja Road Junction 9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Maduranthakam 33 km
District headquarters Kancheepuram 33 km

Villages closest to Poondi

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 Poondi

As per the Census of India 2011, Poondi village had a population of 12. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Poondi village has 7 males and 5 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Poondi has about 714 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Poondi is 603313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Poondi covers 76.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Poondi is Walaja Road Junction, about 9.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 20 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 1 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 km distance for Poondi.

Poondi is about 33 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Poondi is in Maduranthakam tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Walajapet is about 5.3 km away. Walaja Road Junction is about 9.8 km away. Maduranthakam is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pinnampoondi (under 2 km), Vinnampoondi (under 2 km) and Annangal (7.2 km).

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

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