About Egapuram Village

Egapuram is one of the larger villages in Sankari tehsil, in the district of Salem, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,191, made up of 2,809 males and 2,382 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 726.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 637502, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Egapuram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Egapuram village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Salem
Tehsil	Sankari
Pincode	637502
Area (hectares)	726.32 hectares
Population	5,191
Male Population	2,809
Female Population	2,382
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	848
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Egapuram compares

By the 2011 count Egapuram is the 10th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 3,284 residents. Its 726.32 hectares work out to about 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Egapuram

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

Egapuram lies about 22 km from Salem, and the nearest railway station is Magudanchavadi, about 7.3 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 Egapuram
Nearest town	Idangansālai	3.7 km
Nearest railway station	Magudanchavadi	7.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sankari	18 km
District headquarters	Salem	22 km

Villages closest to Egapuram

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Egapuram village had a population of 5,191. That makes it the 10th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,284 residents.

Egapuram village has 2,809 males and 2,382 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Egapuram has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Egapuram is 637502. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Egapuram covers 726.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Egapuram falls under Sankari tehsil of Salem district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Egapuram is Magudanchavadi, about 7.3 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 Egapuram.

Egapuram is about 22 km from Salem in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Egapuram is in Sankari tehsil of Salem district. Idangansālai is about 3.7 km away. Magudanchavadi is about 7.3 km away. Sankari is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.