About Erachakulam Village

Erachakulam is one of the larger villages in Thovala tehsil, in the district of Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,715, made up of 2,833 males and 2,882 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1339.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 629902, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Erachakulam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Erachakulam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kanniyakumari
Tehsil	Thovala
Pincode	629902
Area (hectares)	1339.77 hectares
Population	5,715
Male Population	2,833
Female Population	2,882
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,017
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Erachakulam compares

By the 2011 count Erachakulam is the 4th largest of the 12 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 4,208 residents. Its 1339.77 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1053.

Getting to Erachakulam

Erachakulam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Erachakulam 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Erachakulam from other places

Erachakulam lies about 20 km from Kanniyakumari, and the nearest railway station is Nagercoil Town, about 3.8 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 Erachakulam
Nearest railway station	Nagercoil Town	3.8 km
Nearest town	Nāgercoil	5.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thovala	20 km
District headquarters	Kanniyakumari	20 km

Villages closest to Erachakulam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Erachakulam village had a population of 5,715. That makes it the 4th largest of the 12 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,208 residents.

Erachakulam village has 2,833 males and 2,882 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Erachakulam has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1053.

The pincode recorded for Erachakulam is 629902. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Erachakulam covers 1339.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Erachakulam falls under Thovala tehsil of Kanniyakumari district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Erachakulam is Nagercoil Town, about 3.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Erachakulam is about 20 km from Kanniyakumari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Erachakulam is in Thovala tehsil of Kanniyakumari district. Nagercoil Town is about 3.8 km away. Nāgercoil is about 5.8 km away. Thovala is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.