About Porpandal Village

Porpandal is a mid sized village in Uthiramerur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 941, made up of 491 males and 450 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 220.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Porpandal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Porpandal village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Uthiramerur
Pincode	603107
Area (hectares)	220.39 hectares
Population	941
Male Population	491
Female Population	450
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	916
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 18 km distance

How Porpandal compares

By the 2011 count Porpandal is the 47th largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents. Its 220.39 hectares work out to about 4.3 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 Porpandal

Porpandal 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 Porpandal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 18 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Porpandal from other places

Porpandal lies about 25 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Palur, about 8.1 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 Porpandal
Nearest railway station	Palur	8.1 km
Nearest town	Chengalpattu	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Uthiramerur	25 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	25 km

Villages closest to Porpandal

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.

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Common questions about Porpandal

As per the Census of India 2011, Porpandal village had a population of 941. That makes it the 47th largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents.

Porpandal village has 491 males and 450 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Porpandal has about 916 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 Porpandal is 603107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Porpandal covers 220.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Porpandal is Palur, about 8.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 18 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 km distance for Porpandal.

Porpandal is about 25 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Porpandal is in Uthiramerur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Palur is about 8.1 km away. Chengalpattu is about 10 km away. Uthiramerur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.