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About Valayakaranai Village

Valayakaranai is a mid sized village in Sriperumbudur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 689, made up of 344 males and 345 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 338.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Valayakaranai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Valayakaranai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Kancheepuram
Tehsil Sriperumbudur
Pincode 603204
Area (hectares) 338.18 hectares
Population 689
Male Population 344
Female Population 345
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,003
Bus Service (public) Available within 2 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 4 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 8 km distance

How Valayakaranai compares

By the 2011 count Valayakaranai is the 85th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,681 residents. Its 338.18 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Valayakaranai

Valayakaranai 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 Valayakaranai as Available within 2 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 4 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 8 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Valayakaranai from other places

Valayakaranai lies about 30 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Maraimalai Nagar Kamarajar, about 5.0 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 Valayakaranai
Nearest railway station Maraimalai Nagar Kamarajar 5.0 km
Nearest town Maraimalainagar 5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Sriperumbudur 17 km
District headquarters Kancheepuram 30 km

Villages closest to Valayakaranai

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 Valayakaranai

As per the Census of India 2011, Valayakaranai village had a population of 689. That makes it the 85th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,681 residents.

Valayakaranai village has 344 males and 345 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Valayakaranai has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Valayakaranai is 603204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Valayakaranai covers 338.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Valayakaranai is Maraimalai Nagar Kamarajar, about 5.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 8 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 2 km distance and private bus service as Available within 4 km distance for Valayakaranai.

Valayakaranai is about 30 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Valayakaranai is in Sriperumbudur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Maraimalai Nagar Kamarajar is about 5.0 km away. Maraimalainagar is about 5.4 km away. Sriperumbudur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nattarasampattu (2.7 km), Siruvanjur (3.0 km) and Kanchivakkam (3.1 km).

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

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