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About Katrambakkam Village

Katrambakkam is a large village in Sriperumbudur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,157, made up of 1,108 males and 1,049 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 861.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 602117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katrambakkam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katrambakkam village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Kancheepuram
Tehsil Sriperumbudur
Pincode 602117
Area (hectares) 861.32 hectares
Population 2,157
Male Population 1,108
Female Population 1,049
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 947
Bus Service (public) Available within 4 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 15 km distance

How Katrambakkam compares

By the 2011 count Katrambakkam is the 32nd largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,681 residents. Its 861.32 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Katrambakkam

Katrambakkam 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 Katrambakkam as Available within 4 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 Katrambakkam from other places

Katrambakkam lies about 55 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Alapakkam Metro, about under 2 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 Katrambakkam
Nearest railway station Alapakkam Metro under 2 km
Nearest town Porur under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Sriperumbudur 25 km
District headquarters Kancheepuram 55 km

Villages closest to Katrambakkam

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sriperumbudur 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 Katrambakkam

As per the Census of India 2011, Katrambakkam village had a population of 2,157. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,681 residents.

Katrambakkam village has 1,108 males and 1,049 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katrambakkam has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Katrambakkam is 602117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katrambakkam covers 861.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Katrambakkam falls under Sriperumbudur tehsil of Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Katrambakkam is Alapakkam Metro, about under 2 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 4 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Katrambakkam.

Katrambakkam is about 55 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katrambakkam is in Sriperumbudur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Alapakkam Metro is about under 2 km away. Porur is about under 2 km away. Sriperumbudur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Arambakkam (under 2 km), Mugalivakkam (2.3 km) and Manapakkam (3.1 km).

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

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