About Keechalam Village

Keechalam is a large village in Pallipattu tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,573, made up of 1,313 males and 1,260 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 545.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 631208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keechalam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keechalam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvallur
Tehsil	Pallipattu
Pincode	631208
Area (hectares)	545.62 hectares
Population	2,573
Male Population	1,313
Female Population	1,260
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	960
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 16 km distance

How Keechalam compares

By the 2011 count Keechalam is the 25th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,998 residents. Its 545.62 hectares work out to about 4.7 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 993.

Getting to Keechalam

Keechalam 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 Keechalam 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 16 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Keechalam from other places

Keechalam lies about 46 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Ponpadi, about 11 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 Keechalam
Nearest town	Podaturpet	5.9 km
Nearest railway station	Ponpadi	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pallipattu	13 km
District headquarters	Thiruvallur	46 km

Villages closest to Keechalam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Keechalam village had a population of 2,573. That makes it the 25th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,998 residents.

Keechalam village has 1,313 males and 1,260 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keechalam has about 960 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 993.

The pincode recorded for Keechalam is 631208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keechalam covers 545.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Keechalam falls under Pallipattu tehsil of Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Keechalam is Ponpadi, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 16 km distance.

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

Keechalam is about 46 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keechalam is in Pallipattu tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Podaturpet is about 5.9 km away. Ponpadi is about 11 km away. Pallipattu is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.