About Punnam Village

Punnam is one of the larger villages in Aravakurichi tehsil, in the district of Karur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,446, made up of 2,839 males and 2,607 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2943.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 639136, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punnam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punnam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Karur
Tehsil	Aravakurichi
Pincode	639136
Area (hectares)	2943.68 hectares
Population	5,446
Male Population	2,839
Female Population	2,607
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Punnam compares

By the 2011 count Punnam is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,581 residents. Its 2943.68 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Punnam

Punnam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Punnam 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 Punnam from other places

Punnam lies about 10 km from Karur, and the nearest railway station is Murthipalayam, about 4.2 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 Punnam
Nearest railway station	Murthipalayam	4.2 km
Nearest town	Pugalūr	9.3 km
District headquarters	Karur	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Aravakurichi	26 km

Villages closest to Punnam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punnam village had a population of 5,446. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,581 residents.

Punnam village has 2,839 males and 2,607 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punnam has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1021.

The pincode recorded for Punnam is 639136. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punnam covers 2943.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Punnam falls under Aravakurichi tehsil of Karur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Punnam is Murthipalayam, about 4.2 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 Punnam.

Punnam is about 10 km from Karur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punnam is in Aravakurichi tehsil of Karur district. Murthipalayam is about 4.2 km away. Pugalūr is about 9.3 km away. Karur is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.