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About Dharmacheri Village

Dharmacheri is a small village in Cheyyar tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 103, made up of 55 males and 48 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 631702, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dharmacheri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharmacheri village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil Cheyyar
Pincode 631702
Area (hectares) 74.04 hectares
Population 103
Male Population 55
Female Population 48
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 873
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 20 km distance

How Dharmacheri compares

By the 2011 count Dharmacheri is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents. Its 74.04 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Dharmacheri

Dharmacheri 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 Dharmacheri 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 20 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dharmacheri from other places

Dharmacheri lies about 54 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Sedarampattu, about 8.2 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 Dharmacheri
Nearest town Arni under 2 km
Nearest railway station Sedarampattu 8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Cheyyar 29 km
District headquarters Tiruvannamalai 54 km

Villages closest to Dharmacheri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharmacheri village had a population of 103. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents.

Dharmacheri village has 55 males and 48 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharmacheri has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Dharmacheri is 631702. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dharmacheri covers 74.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dharmacheri falls under Cheyyar tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Dharmacheri is Sedarampattu, about 8.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 20 km distance.

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

Dharmacheri is about 54 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharmacheri is in Cheyyar tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Arni is about under 2 km away. Sedarampattu is about 8.2 km away. Cheyyar is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ezhacheri (under 2 km), Paiyur (3.1 km) and Kizhnethapakkam (5.6 km).

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

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