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About Akkarapakkam Village

Akkarapakkam is a mid sized village in Uthukkottai tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,562, made up of 750 males and 812 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,083 females per 1000 males. The village covers 363.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 601101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akkarapakkam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akkarapakkam village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thiruvallur
Tehsil Uthukkottai
Pincode 601101
Area (hectares) 363.73 hectares
Population 1,562
Male Population 750
Female Population 812
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,083
Bus Service (public) Available within 3 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 17 km distance

How Akkarapakkam compares

By the 2011 count Akkarapakkam is the 34th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents. Its 363.73 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1028.

Getting to Akkarapakkam

Akkarapakkam 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 Akkarapakkam as Available within 3 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 17 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Akkarapakkam from other places

Akkarapakkam lies about 26 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Kavaraippettai, about 9.5 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 Akkarapakkam
Nearest railway station Kavaraippettai 9.5 km
Nearest town Ponneri 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Uthukkottai 23 km
District headquarters Thiruvallur 26 km

Villages closest to Akkarapakkam

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

Common questions about Akkarapakkam

As per the Census of India 2011, Akkarapakkam village had a population of 1,562. That makes it the 34th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents.

Akkarapakkam village has 750 males and 812 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akkarapakkam has about 1083 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1028.

The pincode recorded for Akkarapakkam is 601101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akkarapakkam covers 363.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akkarapakkam falls under Uthukkottai tehsil of Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Akkarapakkam is Kavaraippettai, about 9.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 17 km distance.

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

Akkarapakkam is about 26 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akkarapakkam is in Uthukkottai tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Kavaraippettai is about 9.5 km away. Ponneri is about 12 km away. Uthukkottai is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thirunilai (under 2 km), Maduravasal (1.8 km) and Kannigaipair (2.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Akkarapakkam today is likely to be higher.

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