About Verkadu Village

Verkadu is a mid sized village in Gummidipoondi tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 794, made up of 423 males and 371 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 247.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 601201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Verkadu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Verkadu village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvallur
Tehsil	Gummidipoondi
Pincode	601201
Area (hectares)	247.7 hectares
Population	794
Male Population	423
Female Population	371
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 2 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 2 km distance

How Verkadu compares

By the 2011 count Verkadu is the 57th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,097 residents. Its 247.7 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Verkadu

Verkadu 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 Verkadu as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 2 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 2 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Verkadu from other places

Verkadu lies about 23 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Poonamallee Government Hospital Metro, about 2.7 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 Verkadu
Nearest town	Vīrarāghavapuram	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Poonamallee Government Hospital Metro	2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gummidipoondi	23 km
District headquarters	Thiruvallur	23 km

Villages closest to Verkadu

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 Verkadu

As per the Census of India 2011, Verkadu village had a population of 794. That makes it the 57th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,097 residents.

Verkadu village has 423 males and 371 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Verkadu has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Verkadu is 601201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Verkadu covers 247.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Verkadu is Poonamallee Government Hospital Metro, about 2.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 2 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 2 km distance for Verkadu.

Verkadu is about 23 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Verkadu is in Gummidipoondi tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Vīrarāghavapuram is about under 2 km away. Poonamallee Government Hospital Metro is about 2.7 km away. Gummidipoondi is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.