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About Gindangarai Village

Gindangarai is a small village in Uthiramerur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 391, made up of 192 males and 199 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 150.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gindangarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gindangarai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Kancheepuram
Tehsil Uthiramerur
Pincode 603107
Area (hectares) 150.37 hectares
Population 391
Male Population 192
Female Population 199
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,036
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 17 km distance

How Gindangarai compares

By the 2011 count Gindangarai is the 97th largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents. Its 150.37 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Gindangarai

Gindangarai 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 Gindangarai 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 17 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gindangarai from other places

Gindangarai lies about 26 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Reddipalayam, about 9.1 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 Gindangarai
Nearest railway station Reddipalayam 9.1 km
Nearest town Chengalpattu 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Uthiramerur 26 km
District headquarters Kancheepuram 26 km

Villages closest to Gindangarai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gindangarai village had a population of 391. That makes it the 97th largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents.

Gindangarai village has 192 males and 199 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gindangarai has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Gindangarai is 603107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gindangarai covers 150.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gindangarai falls under Uthiramerur tehsil of Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Gindangarai is Reddipalayam, about 9.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 17 km distance.

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

Gindangarai is about 26 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gindangarai is in Uthiramerur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Reddipalayam is about 9.1 km away. Chengalpattu is about 10 km away. Uthiramerur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Edamichi (under 2 km), Porpandal (under 2 km) and Salavakkam (2.1 km).

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

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