About Edakkudi Village

Edakkudi is a mid sized village in Papanasam tehsil, in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 625, made up of 326 males and 299 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 199.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 613003, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Edakkudi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Edakkudi village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thanjavur
Tehsil	Papanasam
Pincode	613003
Area (hectares)	199.21 hectares
Population	625
Male Population	326
Female Population	299
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	917
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Edakkudi compares

By the 2011 count Edakkudi is the 90th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,027 residents. Its 199.21 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Edakkudi

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

Edakkudi lies about 27 km from Thanjavur, and the nearest railway station is Sundaraperumal Kovil, about 6.1 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 Edakkudi
Nearest railway station	Sundaraperumal Kovil	6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Papanasam	6.6 km
Nearest town	Kumbakonam	12 km
District headquarters	Thanjavur	27 km

Villages closest to Edakkudi

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.

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Common questions about Edakkudi

As per the Census of India 2011, Edakkudi village had a population of 625. That makes it the 90th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,027 residents.

Edakkudi village has 326 males and 299 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Edakkudi has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Edakkudi is 613003. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Edakkudi covers 199.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Edakkudi is Sundaraperumal Kovil, about 6.1 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 Edakkudi.

Edakkudi is about 27 km from Thanjavur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Edakkudi is in Papanasam tehsil of Thanjavur district. Sundaraperumal Kovil is about 6.1 km away. Papanasam is about 6.6 km away. Kumbakonam is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.