About Edakkudi Village

Edakkudi is a mid sized village in Tharangambadi tehsil, in the district of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,078, made up of 537 males and 541 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 264.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 609402, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Edakkudi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Edakkudi village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Nagapattinam
Tehsil	Tharangambadi
Pincode	609402
Area (hectares)	264.23 hectares
Population	1,078
Male Population	537
Female Population	541
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,007
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Edakkudi compares

By the 2011 count Edakkudi is the 59th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,786 residents. Its 264.23 hectares work out to about 4.1 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 1030.

Getting to Edakkudi

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

Edakkudi lies about 38 km from Nagapattinam, and the nearest railway station is Mayiladuthurai Junction, about 8.3 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 Edakkudi
Nearest town	Mayiladuthurai	6.1 km
Nearest railway station	Mayiladuthurai Junction	8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tharangambadi	17 km
District headquarters	Nagapattinam	38 km

Villages closest to Edakkudi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Edakkudi village had a population of 1,078. That makes it the 59th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,786 residents.

Edakkudi village has 537 males and 541 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Edakkudi has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Edakkudi is 609402. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Edakkudi covers 264.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Edakkudi falls under Tharangambadi tehsil of Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Edakkudi is Mayiladuthurai Junction, about 8.3 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 Edakkudi.

Edakkudi is about 38 km from Nagapattinam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Edakkudi is in Tharangambadi tehsil of Nagapattinam district. Mayiladuthurai is about 6.1 km away. Mayiladuthurai Junction is about 8.3 km away. Tharangambadi is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.