About Panchalai Village

Panchalai is a mid sized village in Gummidipoondi tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,505, made up of 738 males and 767 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 615.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 601202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panchalai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panchalai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvallur
Tehsil	Gummidipoondi
Pincode	601202
Area (hectares)	615.38 hectares
Population	1,505
Male Population	738
Female Population	767
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,039
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 18 km distance

How Panchalai compares

By the 2011 count Panchalai is the 39th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,097 residents. Its 615.38 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Panchalai

Panchalai 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 Panchalai 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 18 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Panchalai from other places

Panchalai lies about 30 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Gummidipundi, about 13 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 Panchalai
Nearest railway station	Gummidipundi	13 km
Nearest town	Ponneri	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gummidipoondi	30 km
District headquarters	Thiruvallur	30 km

Villages closest to Panchalai

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 Panchalai

As per the Census of India 2011, Panchalai village had a population of 1,505. That makes it the 39th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,097 residents.

Panchalai village has 738 males and 767 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panchalai has about 1039 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1001.

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

Panchalai covers 615.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Panchalai is Gummidipundi, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 18 km distance.

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

Panchalai is about 30 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panchalai is in Gummidipoondi tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Gummidipundi is about 13 km away. Ponneri is about 21 km away. Gummidipoondi is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.