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About Andankarai Village

Andankarai is a mid sized village in Thiruthuraipoondi tehsil, in the district of Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,008, made up of 499 males and 509 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 254.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 610203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Andankarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Andankarai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thiruvarur
Tehsil Thiruthuraipoondi
Pincode 610203
Area (hectares) 254.89 hectares
Population 1,008
Male Population 499
Female Population 509
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,020
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Andankarai compares

By the 2011 count Andankarai is the 62nd largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,282 residents. Its 254.89 hectares work out to about 4.0 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 1040.

Getting to Andankarai

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

How far is Andankarai from other places

Andankarai lies about 17 km from Thiruvarur, and the nearest railway station is Ammanur, about 3.0 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 Andankarai
Nearest railway station Ammanur 3.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Thiruthuraipoondi 11 km
District headquarters Thiruvarur 17 km

Villages closest to Andankarai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Andankarai village had a population of 1,008. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,282 residents.

Andankarai village has 499 males and 509 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Andankarai has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1040.

The pincode recorded for Andankarai is 610203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Andankarai covers 254.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Andankarai falls under Thiruthuraipoondi tehsil of Thiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Andankarai is Ammanur, about 3.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Andankarai.

Andankarai is about 17 km from Thiruvarur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Andankarai is in Thiruthuraipoondi tehsil of Thiruvarur district. Ammanur is about 3.0 km away. Thiruthuraipoondi is about 11 km away. Thiruvarur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Poosalangudi (under 2 km), Alivalam (under 2 km) and Komal (1.7 km).

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

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