About Olavakkadu Village

Olavakkadu is a small village in Yercaud tehsil, in the district of Salem, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 124, made up of 61 males and 63 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 636602, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Olavakkadu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Olavakkadu village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Salem
Tehsil	Yercaud
Pincode	636602
Area (hectares)	35.16 hectares
Population	124
Male Population	61
Female Population	63
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,033
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Olavakkadu compares

By the 2011 count Olavakkadu is the 54th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 504 residents. Its 35.16 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Olavakkadu

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

Olavakkadu lies about 23 km from Salem, and the nearest railway station is Danishpet, about 9.5 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 Olavakkadu
Tehsil headquarters	Yercaud	8.7 km
Nearest railway station	Danishpet	9.5 km
Nearest town	Pallippatti	22 km
District headquarters	Salem	23 km

Villages closest to Olavakkadu

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 Olavakkadu

As per the Census of India 2011, Olavakkadu village had a population of 124. That makes it the 54th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 504 residents.

Olavakkadu village has 61 males and 63 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Olavakkadu has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

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

Olavakkadu covers 35.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Olavakkadu is Danishpet, about 9.5 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 Olavakkadu.

Olavakkadu is about 23 km from Salem in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Olavakkadu is in Yercaud tehsil of Salem district. Yercaud is about 8.7 km away. Danishpet is about 9.5 km away. Pallippatti is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.