About Porkudi Village

Porkudi is a mid sized village in Devakottai tehsil, in the district of Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 754, made up of 386 males and 368 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 953 females per 1000 males. The village covers 429.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 630318, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Porkudi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Porkudi village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Sivaganga
Tehsil	Devakottai
Pincode	630318
Area (hectares)	429.57 hectares
Population	754
Male Population	386
Female Population	368
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	953
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 Porkudi compares

By the 2011 count Porkudi is the 54th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,175 residents. Its 429.57 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Porkudi

Porkudi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Porkudi 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 Porkudi from other places

Porkudi lies about 34 km from Sivaganga, and the nearest railway station is Kallal, about 17 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 Porkudi
Tehsil headquarters	Devakottai	8.4 km
Nearest railway station	Kallal	17 km
District headquarters	Sivaganga	34 km

Villages closest to Porkudi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Porkudi village had a population of 754. That makes it the 54th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,175 residents.

Porkudi village has 386 males and 368 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Porkudi has about 953 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Porkudi is 630318. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Porkudi covers 429.57 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.

Porkudi falls under Devakottai tehsil of Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Porkudi is Kallal, about 17 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 Porkudi.

Porkudi is about 34 km from Sivaganga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Porkudi is in Devakottai tehsil of Sivaganga district. Devakottai is about 8.4 km away. Kallal is about 17 km away. Sivaganga is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.