About Orakkadu Village

Orakkadu is a mid sized village in Ponneri tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,610, made up of 835 males and 775 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 263.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 600067, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Orakkadu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Orakkadu village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvallur
Tehsil	Ponneri
Pincode	600067
Area (hectares)	263.73 hectares
Population	1,610
Male Population	835
Female Population	775
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	928
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 3 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 15 km distance

How Orakkadu compares

By the 2011 count Orakkadu is the 45th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,889 residents. Its 263.73 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1011.

Getting to Orakkadu

Orakkadu 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 Orakkadu as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 3 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 15 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Orakkadu from other places

Orakkadu lies about 32 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Anuppambattu, about 8.6 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 Orakkadu
Nearest town	Pādiyanallūr	4.6 km
Nearest railway station	Anuppambattu	8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ponneri	11 km
District headquarters	Thiruvallur	32 km

Villages closest to Orakkadu

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 Orakkadu

As per the Census of India 2011, Orakkadu village had a population of 1,610. That makes it the 45th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,889 residents.

Orakkadu village has 835 males and 775 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Orakkadu has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1011.

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

Orakkadu covers 263.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Orakkadu is Anuppambattu, about 8.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 15 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 3 km distance for Orakkadu.

Orakkadu is about 32 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Orakkadu is in Ponneri tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Pādiyanallūr is about 4.6 km away. Anuppambattu is about 8.6 km away. Ponneri is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.