About Alakkudy Village

Alakkudy is a large village in Sirkali tehsil, in the district of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,971, made up of 1,989 males and 1,982 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 996 females per 1000 males. The village covers 723.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 609101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alakkudy Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alakkudy village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Nagapattinam
Tehsil	Sirkali
Pincode	609101
Area (hectares)	723.82 hectares
Population	3,971
Male Population	1,989
Female Population	1,982
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	996
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Alakkudy compares

By the 2011 count Alakkudy is the 19th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,194 residents. Its 723.82 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Alakkudy

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

How far is Alakkudy from other places

Alakkudy lies about 67 km from Nagapattinam, and the nearest railway station is Kollidam, about 6.2 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 Alakkudy
Nearest railway station	Kollidam	6.2 km
Nearest town	Chidambaram	9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sirkali	14 km
District headquarters	Nagapattinam	67 km

Villages closest to Alakkudy

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Alakkudy village had a population of 3,971. That makes it the 19th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,194 residents.

Alakkudy village has 1,989 males and 1,982 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alakkudy has about 996 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Alakkudy is 609101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alakkudy covers 723.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Alakkudy falls under Sirkali tehsil of Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Alakkudy is Kollidam, about 6.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Alakkudy is about 67 km from Nagapattinam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alakkudy is in Sirkali tehsil of Nagapattinam district. Kollidam is about 6.2 km away. Chidambaram is about 9.4 km away. Sirkali is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.