About Murukathampoondi Village

Murukathampoondi is a mid sized village in Cheyyar tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 813, made up of 402 males and 411 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 300.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604407, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Murukathampoondi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Murukathampoondi village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil	Cheyyar
Pincode	604407
Area (hectares)	300.57 hectares
Population	813
Male Population	402
Female Population	411
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,022
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 43 km distance

How Murukathampoondi compares

By the 2011 count Murukathampoondi is the 137th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents. Its 300.57 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Murukathampoondi

Murukathampoondi 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 Murukathampoondi 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 43 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Murukathampoondi from other places

Murukathampoondi lies about 82 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Walaja Road Junction, about 9.8 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 Murukathampoondi
Nearest town	Walajapet	5.3 km
Nearest railway station	Walaja Road Junction	9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyar	30 km
District headquarters	Tiruvannamalai	82 km

Villages closest to Murukathampoondi

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 Murukathampoondi

As per the Census of India 2011, Murukathampoondi village had a population of 813. That makes it the 137th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents.

Murukathampoondi village has 402 males and 411 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Murukathampoondi has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Murukathampoondi is 604407. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Murukathampoondi covers 300.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Murukathampoondi is Walaja Road Junction, about 9.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 43 km distance.

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

Murukathampoondi is about 82 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Murukathampoondi is in Cheyyar tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Walajapet is about 5.3 km away. Walaja Road Junction is about 9.8 km away. Cheyyar is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.