About Pondavakkam Village

Pondavakkam is a mid sized village in Gummidipoondi tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,556, made up of 749 males and 807 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,077 females per 1000 males. The village covers 558.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 601202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pondavakkam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pondavakkam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvallur
Tehsil	Gummidipoondi
Pincode	601202
Area (hectares)	558.23 hectares
Population	1,556
Male Population	749
Female Population	807
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,077
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 20 km distance

How Pondavakkam compares

By the 2011 count Pondavakkam is the 36th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,097 residents. Its 558.23 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Pondavakkam

Pondavakkam 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 Pondavakkam 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 20 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pondavakkam from other places

Pondavakkam lies about 19 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Putlur, about 21 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 Pondavakkam
Nearest town	Nagalapuram	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gummidipoondi	19 km
District headquarters	Thiruvallur	19 km
Nearest railway station	Putlur	21 km

Villages closest to Pondavakkam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pondavakkam village had a population of 1,556. That makes it the 36th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,097 residents.

Pondavakkam village has 749 males and 807 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pondavakkam has about 1077 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Pondavakkam is 601202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pondavakkam covers 558.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pondavakkam falls under Gummidipoondi tehsil of Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Pondavakkam is Putlur, about 21 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 20 km distance.

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

Pondavakkam is about 19 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pondavakkam is in Gummidipoondi tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Nagalapuram is about 14 km away. Gummidipoondi is about 19 km away. Thiruvallur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.