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About Punnapakkam Village

Punnapakkam is a mid sized village in Uthukkottai tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,790, made up of 828 males and 962 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,162 females per 1000 males. The village covers 363.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 601103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punnapakkam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punnapakkam village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thiruvallur
Tehsil Uthukkottai
Pincode 601103
Area (hectares) 363.86 hectares
Population 1,790
Male Population 828
Female Population 962
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,162
Bus Service (public) Available within 1 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 3 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 14 km distance

How Punnapakkam compares

By the 2011 count Punnapakkam is the 28th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents. Its 363.86 hectares work out to about 4.9 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 Punnapakkam

Punnapakkam 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 Punnapakkam as Available within 1 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 3 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 14 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Punnapakkam from other places

Punnapakkam lies about 4.7 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Putlur, about 6.7 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 Punnapakkam
District headquarters Thiruvallur 4.7 km
Nearest town Tiruvallur 4.7 km
Nearest railway station Putlur 6.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Uthukkottai 18 km

Villages closest to Punnapakkam

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 Punnapakkam

As per the Census of India 2011, Punnapakkam village had a population of 1,790. That makes it the 28th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents.

Punnapakkam village has 828 males and 962 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punnapakkam has about 1162 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1028.

The pincode recorded for Punnapakkam is 601103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punnapakkam covers 363.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Punnapakkam is Putlur, about 6.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 14 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 1 km distance and private bus service as Available within 3 km distance for Punnapakkam.

Punnapakkam is about 4.7 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punnapakkam is in Uthukkottai tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Thiruvallur is about 4.7 km away. Tiruvallur is about 4.7 km away. Putlur is about 6.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Melandur (3.2 km), Neiveli (4.4 km) and Korakkanthandalam (4.8 km).

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

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