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About Thandarai Village

Thandarai is a mid sized village in Uthiramerur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,305, made up of 644 males and 661 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 548.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thandarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thandarai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Kancheepuram
Tehsil Uthiramerur
Pincode 603403
Area (hectares) 548.16 hectares
Population 1,305
Male Population 644
Female Population 661
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,026
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 36 km distance

How Thandarai compares

By the 2011 count Thandarai is the 32nd largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents. Its 548.16 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 Thandarai

Thandarai 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 Thandarai 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 36 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Thandarai from other places

Thandarai lies about 26 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Pakkam, about 25 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 Thandarai
Nearest town Uttiramerūr 9.2 km
Nearest railway station Pakkam 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Uthiramerur 26 km
District headquarters Kancheepuram 26 km

Villages closest to Thandarai

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 Thandarai

As per the Census of India 2011, Thandarai village had a population of 1,305. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents.

Thandarai village has 644 males and 661 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thandarai has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Thandarai is 603403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thandarai covers 548.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Thandarai is Pakkam, about 25 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 36 km distance.

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

Thandarai 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.

Thandarai is in Uthiramerur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Uttiramerūr is about 9.2 km away. Pakkam is about 25 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 Serpakkam (under 2 km), Kattuputhur (under 2 km) and Punganandal (1.9 km).

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

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