About Asikkadu Village

Asikkadu is a mid sized village in Kuthalam tehsil, in the district of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,521, made up of 737 males and 784 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,064 females per 1000 males. The village covers 348.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 609806, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Asikkadu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Asikkadu village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Nagapattinam
Tehsil	Kuthalam
Pincode	609806
Area (hectares)	348.34 hectares
Population	1,521
Male Population	737
Female Population	784
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,064
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Asikkadu compares

By the 2011 count Asikkadu is the 32nd largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,106 residents. Its 348.34 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Asikkadu

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

Asikkadu lies about 42 km from Nagapattinam, and the nearest railway station is Mayiladuthurai Junction, about 4.4 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 Asikkadu
Nearest railway station	Mayiladuthurai Junction	4.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kuthalam	5.2 km
Nearest town	Mayiladuthurai	6.9 km
District headquarters	Nagapattinam	42 km

Villages closest to Asikkadu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Asikkadu village had a population of 1,521. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,106 residents.

Asikkadu village has 737 males and 784 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Asikkadu has about 1064 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Asikkadu is 609806. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Asikkadu covers 348.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Asikkadu falls under Kuthalam tehsil of Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Asikkadu is Mayiladuthurai Junction, about 4.4 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 Asikkadu.

Asikkadu is about 42 km from Nagapattinam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Asikkadu is in Kuthalam tehsil of Nagapattinam district. Mayiladuthurai Junction is about 4.4 km away. Kuthalam is about 5.2 km away. Mayiladuthurai is about 6.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.