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About Oddankaranai Village

Oddankaranai is a small village in Sriperumbudur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 323, made up of 155 males and 168 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,084 females per 1000 males. The village covers 144.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 602105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Oddankaranai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Oddankaranai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Kancheepuram
Tehsil Sriperumbudur
Pincode 602105
Area (hectares) 144.06 hectares
Population 323
Male Population 155
Female Population 168
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,084
Bus Service (public) Available within 4 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 25 km distance

How Oddankaranai compares

By the 2011 count Oddankaranai is the 112th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,681 residents. Its 144.06 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Oddankaranai

Oddankaranai 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 Oddankaranai as Available within 4 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 25 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Oddankaranai from other places

Oddankaranai lies about 35 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Kadambattur, about 2.3 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 Oddankaranai
Nearest railway station Kadambattur 2.3 km
Nearest town Tiruvallur 6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Sriperumbudur 19 km
District headquarters Kancheepuram 35 km

Villages closest to Oddankaranai

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 Oddankaranai

As per the Census of India 2011, Oddankaranai village had a population of 323. That makes it the 112th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,681 residents.

Oddankaranai village has 155 males and 168 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Oddankaranai has about 1084 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Oddankaranai is 602105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Oddankaranai covers 144.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Oddankaranai is Kadambattur, about 2.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 25 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 4 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10 km distance for Oddankaranai.

Oddankaranai 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.

Oddankaranai is in Sriperumbudur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Kadambattur is about 2.3 km away. Tiruvallur is about 6.8 km away. Sriperumbudur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are O M Mangalam (5.7 km), Kodangacheri (9.2 km) and Poondi (10 km).

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

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