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About Guruvadi Village

Guruvadi is a small village in Uthiramerur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 203, made up of 106 males and 97 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 81.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603402, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Guruvadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Guruvadi village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Kancheepuram
Tehsil Uthiramerur
Pincode 603402
Area (hectares) 81.86 hectares
Population 203
Male Population 106
Female Population 97
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 915
Bus Service (public) Available within 2 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 28 km distance

How Guruvadi compares

By the 2011 count Guruvadi is the 105th 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 81.86 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Guruvadi

Guruvadi 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 Guruvadi as Available within 2 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 28 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Guruvadi from other places

Guruvadi lies about 31 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Pakkam, about 17 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 Guruvadi
Nearest town Uttiramerūr 7.8 km
Nearest railway station Pakkam 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Uthiramerur 31 km
District headquarters Kancheepuram 31 km

Villages closest to Guruvadi

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 Guruvadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Guruvadi village had a population of 203. That makes it the 105th largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents.

Guruvadi village has 106 males and 97 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Guruvadi has about 915 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Guruvadi is 603402. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Guruvadi covers 81.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Guruvadi is Pakkam, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 28 km distance.

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

Guruvadi is about 31 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Guruvadi is in Uthiramerur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Uttiramerūr is about 7.8 km away. Pakkam is about 17 km away. Uthiramerur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Arasanimangalam (under 2 km), Oddanthangal (1.5 km) and Murukkeri (2.8 km).

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

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