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About Kalancheri Village

Kalancheri is a mid sized village in Papanasam tehsil, in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,017, made up of 511 males and 506 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 246.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 613504, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalancheri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalancheri village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thanjavur
Tehsil Papanasam
Pincode 613504
Area (hectares) 246.14 hectares
Population 1,017
Male Population 511
Female Population 506
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 990
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kalancheri compares

By the 2011 count Kalancheri is the 75th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,027 residents. Its 246.14 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Kalancheri

Kalancheri is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kalancheri 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kalancheri from other places

Kalancheri lies about 21 km from Thanjavur, and the nearest railway station is Papanasam, 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 Kalancheri
Nearest railway station Papanasam 2.6 km
Nearest town Kumbakonam 13 km
District headquarters Thanjavur 21 km

Villages closest to Kalancheri

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

Common questions about Kalancheri

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalancheri village had a population of 1,017. That makes it the 75th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,027 residents.

Kalancheri village has 511 males and 506 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalancheri has about 990 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 1008.

The pincode recorded for Kalancheri is 613504. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalancheri covers 246.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kalancheri falls under Papanasam tehsil of Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Kalancheri is Papanasam, about 2.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Kalancheri is about 21 km from Thanjavur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalancheri is in Papanasam tehsil of Thanjavur district. Papanasam is about 2.6 km away. Kumbakonam is about 13 km away. Thanjavur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Soolamangalam I Sethi (under 2 km), Utharamangalam Kottam (under 2 km) and Gopurajapuram (1.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kalancheri today is likely to be higher.

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