About Echchanda Village

Echchanda is a large village in Sankarankoil tehsil, in the district of Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,744, made up of 1,857 males and 1,887 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1936.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 627857, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Echchanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Echchanda village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tirunelveli
Tehsil	Sankarankoil
Pincode	627857
Area (hectares)	1936.9 hectares
Population	3,744
Male Population	1,857
Female Population	1,887
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Echchanda compares

By the 2011 count Echchanda is the 29th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 3,442 residents. Its 1936.9 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Echchanda

Echchanda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Echchanda 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Athipatti, Chattrappatti, Chettikulam and Chinnakovilankulam. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Echchanda

As per the Census of India 2011, Echchanda village had a population of 3,744. That makes it the 29th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,442 residents.

Echchanda village has 1,857 males and 1,887 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Echchanda has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1034.

The pincode recorded for Echchanda is 627857. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Echchanda covers 1936.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Echchanda falls under Sankarankoil tehsil of Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu.

The census record for Echchanda notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Echchanda is in Sankarankoil tehsil of Tirunelveli district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.