About Podavur Village

Podavur is a mid sized village in Sriperumbudur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,514, made up of 731 males and 783 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,071 females per 1000 males. The village covers 532.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 602108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Podavur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Podavur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Sriperumbudur
Pincode	602108
Area (hectares)	532.73 hectares
Population	1,514
Male Population	731
Female Population	783
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,071
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 1 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 19 km distance

How Podavur compares

By the 2011 count Podavur is the 47th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,681 residents. Its 532.73 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 Podavur

Podavur 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 Podavur as Available within 5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 1 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 19 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Podavur from other places

Podavur lies about 18 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Walajabad, about 14 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 Podavur
Tehsil headquarters	Sriperumbudur	13 km
Nearest town	Srīperumbūdūr	13 km
Nearest railway station	Walajabad	14 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	18 km

Villages closest to Podavur

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.

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Common questions about Podavur

As per the Census of India 2011, Podavur village had a population of 1,514. That makes it the 47th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,681 residents.

Podavur village has 731 males and 783 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Podavur has about 1071 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Podavur is 602108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Podavur covers 532.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Podavur is Walajabad, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 19 km distance.

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

Podavur 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.

Podavur is in Sriperumbudur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Sriperumbudur is about 13 km away. Srīperumbūdūr is about 13 km away. Walajabad is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.