About Osivakkam Village

Osivakkam is a mid sized village in Tirukalukundram tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,574, made up of 795 males and 779 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 264.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603405, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Osivakkam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Osivakkam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Tirukalukundram
Pincode	603405
Area (hectares)	264.94 hectares
Population	1,574
Male Population	795
Female Population	779
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	980
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 8 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 8 km distance

How Osivakkam compares

By the 2011 count Osivakkam is the 27th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,381 residents. Its 264.94 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Osivakkam

Osivakkam 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 Osivakkam as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 8 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 Osivakkam from other places

Osivakkam lies about 6.8 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Kanchipuram, about 8.2 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 Osivakkam
Nearest town	Sevilimedu	4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tirukalukundram	6.8 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	6.8 km
Nearest railway station	Kanchipuram	8.2 km

Villages closest to Osivakkam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Osivakkam village had a population of 1,574. That makes it the 27th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,381 residents.

Osivakkam village has 795 males and 779 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Osivakkam has about 980 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 982.

The pincode recorded for Osivakkam is 603405. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Osivakkam covers 264.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Osivakkam is Kanchipuram, about 8.2 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 village and private bus service as Available within 8 km distance for Osivakkam.

Osivakkam is about 6.8 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Osivakkam is in Tirukalukundram tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Sevilimedu is about 4.1 km away. Tirukalukundram is about 6.8 km away. Kancheepuram is about 6.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.