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About Athupakkam Village

Athupakkam is a mid sized village in Uthukkottai tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 922, made up of 458 males and 464 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 293.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 601102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Athupakkam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Athupakkam village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thiruvallur
Tehsil Uthukkottai
Pincode 601102
Area (hectares) 293.49 hectares
Population 922
Male Population 458
Female Population 464
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,013
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 30 km distance

How Athupakkam compares

By the 2011 count Athupakkam is the 55th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents. Its 293.49 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1028.

Getting to Athupakkam

Athupakkam 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 Athupakkam as Available within 5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 30 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Athupakkam from other places

Athupakkam lies about 23 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Kavaraippettai, about 14 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 Athupakkam
Nearest railway station Kavaraippettai 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Uthukkottai 15 km
Nearest town Ponneri 18 km
District headquarters Thiruvallur 23 km

Villages closest to Athupakkam

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 Athupakkam

As per the Census of India 2011, Athupakkam village had a population of 922. That makes it the 55th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents.

Athupakkam village has 458 males and 464 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Athupakkam has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1028.

The pincode recorded for Athupakkam is 601102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Athupakkam covers 293.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Athupakkam is Kavaraippettai, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 30 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10 km distance for Athupakkam.

Athupakkam 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.

Athupakkam is in Uthukkottai tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Kavaraippettai is about 14 km away. Uthukkottai is about 15 km away. Ponneri is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Vannankuppam (under 2 km), Ellapuram (1.5 km) and Thumbakkam (1.9 km).

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

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