About Sengadu Village

Sengadu is a mid sized village in Yercaud tehsil, in the district of Salem, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 588, made up of 292 males and 296 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 331.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 636601, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sengadu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sengadu village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Salem
Tehsil	Yercaud
Pincode	636601
Area (hectares)	331.34 hectares
Population	588
Male Population	292
Female Population	296
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sengadu compares

By the 2011 count Sengadu is the 22nd largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 504 residents. Its 331.34 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Sengadu

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

Sengadu lies about 16 km from Salem, and the nearest railway station is Ayodhyapattanam, about 12 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 Sengadu
Tehsil headquarters	Yercaud	2.3 km
Nearest railway station	Ayodhyapattanam	12 km
District headquarters	Salem	16 km

Villages closest to Sengadu

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 Sengadu

As per the Census of India 2011, Sengadu village had a population of 588. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 504 residents.

Sengadu village has 292 males and 296 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sengadu has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Sengadu is 636601. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sengadu covers 331.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Sengadu is Ayodhyapattanam, about 12 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 Sengadu.

Sengadu is about 16 km from Salem in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sengadu is in Yercaud tehsil of Salem district. Yercaud is about 2.3 km away. Ayodhyapattanam is about 12 km away. Salem is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.