About Pukkudi Village

Pukkudi is a mid sized village in Karaikkudi tehsil, in the district of Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 614, made up of 293 males and 321 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,096 females per 1000 males. The village covers 404.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 630108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pukkudi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pukkudi village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Sivaganga
Tehsil	Karaikkudi
Pincode	630108
Area (hectares)	404.68 hectares
Population	614
Male Population	293
Female Population	321
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,096
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Pukkudi compares

By the 2011 count Pukkudi is the 52nd largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,946 residents. Its 404.68 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Pukkudi

Pukkudi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Pukkudi 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pukkudi from other places

Pukkudi lies about 45 km from Sivaganga, and the nearest railway station is Chettinad, about 2.6 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 Pukkudi
Nearest railway station	Chettinad	2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karaikkudi	8.8 km
Nearest town	Kāraikkudi	8.8 km
District headquarters	Sivaganga	45 km

Villages closest to Pukkudi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pukkudi village had a population of 614. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,946 residents.

Pukkudi village has 293 males and 321 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pukkudi has about 1096 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Pukkudi is 630108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pukkudi covers 404.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pukkudi falls under Karaikkudi tehsil of Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Pukkudi is Chettinad, about 2.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Pukkudi.

Pukkudi is about 45 km from Sivaganga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pukkudi is in Karaikkudi tehsil of Sivaganga district. Chettinad is about 2.6 km away. Karaikkudi is about 8.8 km away. Kāraikkudi is about 8.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.