About Kalavai Village

Kalavai is a small village in Uthukkottai tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 459, made up of 228 males and 231 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 202.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 602026, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalavai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalavai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvallur
Tehsil	Uthukkottai
Pincode	602026
Area (hectares)	202.25 hectares
Population	459
Male Population	228
Female Population	231
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,013
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 4 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 32 km distance

How Kalavai compares

By the 2011 count Kalavai is the 73rd largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents. Its 202.25 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 Kalavai

Kalavai 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 Kalavai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 4 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 32 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kalavai from other places

Kalavai lies about 16 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Putlur, about 18 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 Kalavai
Tehsil headquarters	Uthukkottai	5.7 km
District headquarters	Thiruvallur	16 km
Nearest town	Tiruvallur	16 km
Nearest railway station	Putlur	18 km

Villages closest to Kalavai

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.

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Common questions about Kalavai

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalavai village had a population of 459. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents.

Kalavai village has 228 males and 231 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalavai 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 Kalavai is 602026. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalavai covers 202.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kalavai is Putlur, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 32 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 4 km distance for Kalavai.

Kalavai is about 16 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalavai is in Uthukkottai tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Uthukkottai is about 5.7 km away. Thiruvallur is about 16 km away. Tiruvallur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.