About Silambakkam Village

Silambakkam is a small village in Uthiramerur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 461, made up of 244 males and 217 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 175.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 631603, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silambakkam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silambakkam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Uthiramerur
Pincode	631603
Area (hectares)	175.54 hectares
Population	461
Male Population	244
Female Population	217
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 12 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 26 km distance

How Silambakkam compares

By the 2011 count Silambakkam is the 91st largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents. Its 175.54 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Silambakkam

Silambakkam 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 Silambakkam as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 12 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 26 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Silambakkam from other places

Silambakkam lies about 18 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Nathapettai, 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 Silambakkam
Nearest town	Uttiramerūr	8.1 km
Nearest railway station	Nathapettai	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Uthiramerur	18 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	18 km

Villages closest to Silambakkam

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 Silambakkam

As per the Census of India 2011, Silambakkam village had a population of 461. That makes it the 91st largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents.

Silambakkam village has 244 males and 217 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silambakkam has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Silambakkam is 631603. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silambakkam covers 175.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Silambakkam is Nathapettai, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 26 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 12 km distance for Silambakkam.

Silambakkam is about 18 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silambakkam is in Uthiramerur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Uttiramerūr is about 8.1 km away. Nathapettai is about 17 km away. Uthiramerur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.