About Kandigai Village

Kandigai is a small village in Ponneri tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 285, made up of 141 males and 144 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 600067, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kandigai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kandigai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvallur
Tehsil	Ponneri
Pincode	600067
Area (hectares)	32.36 hectares
Population	285
Male Population	141
Female Population	144
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,021
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 18 km distance

How Kandigai compares

By the 2011 count Kandigai is the 117th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,889 residents. Its 32.36 hectares work out to about 8.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1011.

Getting to Kandigai

Kandigai 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 Kandigai 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 Kandigai from other places

Kandigai lies about 34 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Minjur, about 7.7 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 Kandigai
Nearest town	Pādiyanallūr	5.1 km
Nearest railway station	Minjur	7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ponneri	12 km
District headquarters	Thiruvallur	34 km

Villages closest to Kandigai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kandigai village had a population of 285. That makes it the 117th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,889 residents.

Kandigai village has 141 males and 144 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kandigai has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1011.

The pincode recorded for Kandigai is 600067. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kandigai covers 32.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Kandigai falls under Ponneri tehsil of Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Kandigai is Minjur, about 7.7 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 Kandigai.

Kandigai is about 34 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kandigai is in Ponneri tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Pādiyanallūr is about 5.1 km away. Minjur is about 7.7 km away. Ponneri is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.