About Kaganam Village

Kaganam is a mid sized village in Cheyyar tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 806, made up of 422 males and 384 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 452.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604410, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kaganam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kaganam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil	Cheyyar
Pincode	604410
Area (hectares)	452.24 hectares
Population	806
Male Population	422
Female Population	384
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	910
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 24 km distance

How Kaganam compares

By the 2011 count Kaganam is the 140th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents. Its 452.24 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Kaganam

Kaganam 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 Kaganam 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 24 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kaganam from other places

Kaganam lies about 79 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Kanchipuram, 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 Kaganam
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyar	9.4 km
Nearest railway station	Kanchipuram	18 km
District headquarters	Tiruvannamalai	79 km

Villages closest to Kaganam

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.

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Common questions about Kaganam

As per the Census of India 2011, Kaganam village had a population of 806. That makes it the 140th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents.

Kaganam village has 422 males and 384 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kaganam has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Kaganam is 604410. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kaganam covers 452.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Kaganam is Kanchipuram, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 24 km distance.

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

Kaganam is about 79 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kaganam is in Cheyyar tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Cheyyar is about 9.4 km away. Kanchipuram is about 18 km away. Tiruvannamalai is about 79 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.