About Embal Village

Embal is a large village in Avudayarkoil tehsil, in the district of Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,637, made up of 1,317 males and 1,320 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1030.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 622204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Embal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Embal village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Pudukkottai
Tehsil	Avudayarkoil
Pincode	622204
Area (hectares)	1030.05 hectares
Population	2,637
Male Population	1,317
Female Population	1,320
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,002
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Embal compares

By the 2011 count Embal is the 6th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 1030.05 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 1032.

Getting to Embal

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

Embal lies about 12 km from Pudukkottai, and the nearest railway station is Namanasamudram, 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 Embal
Nearest railway station	Namanasamudram	4.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Avudayarkoil	12 km
District headquarters	Pudukkottai	12 km

Villages closest to Embal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Embal village had a population of 2,637. That makes it the 6th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Embal village has 1,317 males and 1,320 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Embal has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Embal is 622204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Embal covers 1030.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Embal falls under Avudayarkoil tehsil of Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Embal is Namanasamudram, about 4.4 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 Embal.

Embal is about 12 km from Pudukkottai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Embal is in Avudayarkoil tehsil of Pudukkottai district. Namanasamudram is about 4.4 km away. Avudayarkoil is about 12 km away. Pudukkottai is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.