About Merkandai Village

Merkandai is a mid sized village in Tirukalukundram tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 792, made up of 391 males and 401 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 214.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Merkandai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Merkandai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Tirukalukundram
Pincode	603102
Area (hectares)	214.38 hectares
Population	792
Male Population	391
Female Population	401
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,026
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 31 km distance

How Merkandai compares

By the 2011 count Merkandai is the 58th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,381 residents. Its 214.38 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Merkandai

Merkandai 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 Merkandai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 31 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Manapakkam, Meiyur, Melapattu and Meleripakkam. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Merkandai

As per the Census of India 2011, Merkandai village had a population of 792. That makes it the 58th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,381 residents.

Merkandai village has 391 males and 401 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Merkandai has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 982.

The pincode recorded for Merkandai is 603102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Merkandai covers 214.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Merkandai falls under Tirukalukundram tehsil of Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The census record for Merkandai notes the nearest railway station as Available within 31 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Merkandai.

Merkandai is in Tirukalukundram tehsil of Kancheepuram district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.