About Anakkadu Village

Anakkadu is a mid sized village in Yercaud tehsil, in the district of Salem, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 736, made up of 385 males and 351 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 382.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 636602, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Anakkadu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anakkadu village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Salem
Tehsil	Yercaud
Pincode	636602
Area (hectares)	382.9 hectares
Population	736
Male Population	385
Female Population	351
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	912
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Anakkadu compares

By the 2011 count Anakkadu is the 10th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 504 residents. Its 382.9 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Anakkadu

Anakkadu is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Anakkadu as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Anakkadu from other places

Anakkadu lies about 2.4 km from Salem, and the nearest railway station is Salem Town, about 1.6 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 Anakkadu
Nearest railway station	Salem Town	1.6 km
District headquarters	Salem	2.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Yercaud	12 km

Villages closest to Anakkadu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Anakkadu village had a population of 736. That makes it the 10th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 504 residents.

Anakkadu village has 385 males and 351 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anakkadu has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Anakkadu is 636602. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Anakkadu covers 382.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Anakkadu falls under Yercaud tehsil of Salem district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Anakkadu is Salem Town, about 1.6 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Anakkadu.

Anakkadu is about 2.4 km from Salem in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Anakkadu is in Yercaud tehsil of Salem district. Salem Town is about 1.6 km away. Salem is about 2.4 km away. Yercaud is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.