About Salavakkam Village

Salavakkam is a large village in Uthiramerur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,311, made up of 1,635 males and 1,676 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 437.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Salavakkam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Salavakkam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Uthiramerur
Pincode	603107
Area (hectares)	437.06 hectares
Population	3,311
Male Population	1,635
Female Population	1,676
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,025
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Salavakkam compares

By the 2011 count Salavakkam is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents. Its 437.06 hectares work out to about 7.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Salavakkam

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

How far is Salavakkam from other places

Salavakkam lies about 28 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Reddipalayam, about 9.3 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 Salavakkam
Nearest railway station	Reddipalayam	9.3 km
Nearest town	Chengalpattu	9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Uthiramerur	28 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	28 km

Villages closest to Salavakkam

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 Salavakkam

As per the Census of India 2011, Salavakkam village had a population of 3,311. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents.

Salavakkam village has 1,635 males and 1,676 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Salavakkam has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1001.

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

Salavakkam covers 437.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Salavakkam is Reddipalayam, about 9.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Salavakkam is about 28 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Salavakkam is in Uthiramerur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Reddipalayam is about 9.3 km away. Chengalpattu is about 9.6 km away. Uthiramerur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.