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About Agasteeswaram Village

Agasteeswaram is one of the larger villages in Agastheeswaram tehsil, in the district of Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7,638, made up of 3,696 males and 3,942 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,067 females per 1000 males. The village covers 144.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 629701, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Agasteeswaram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Agasteeswaram village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Kanniyakumari
Tehsil Agastheeswaram
Pincode 629701
Area (hectares) 144.1 hectares
Population 7,638
Male Population 3,696
Female Population 3,942
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,067
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Agasteeswaram compares

By the 2011 count Agasteeswaram is the 5th largest of the 19 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 5,566 residents. Its 144.1 hectares work out to about 53 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Agasteeswaram

Agasteeswaram 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 Agasteeswaram 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Agasteeswaram from other places

Agasteeswaram lies about 2.1 km from Kanniyakumari. 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 Agasteeswaram
Tehsil headquarters Agastheeswaram under 2 km
District headquarters Kanniyakumari 2.1 km
Nearest town Kanniyākumāri 2.1 km

Villages closest to Agasteeswaram

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Agastheeswaram 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 Agasteeswaram

As per the Census of India 2011, Agasteeswaram village had a population of 7,638. That makes it the 5th largest of the 19 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,566 residents.

Agasteeswaram village has 3,696 males and 3,942 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Agasteeswaram has about 1067 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Agasteeswaram is 629701. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Agasteeswaram covers 144.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 53 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Agasteeswaram falls under Agastheeswaram tehsil of Kanniyakumari district in Tamil Nadu.

The census record for Agasteeswaram notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

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

Agasteeswaram is about 2.1 km from Kanniyakumari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Agasteeswaram is in Agastheeswaram tehsil of Kanniyakumari district. Agastheeswaram is about under 2 km away. Kanniyakumari is about 2.1 km away. Kanniyākumāri is about 2.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kanniyakumari (2.1 km), Manakudi (4.5 km) and Thamaraikulam (5.4 km).

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

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