About Punnai Village

Punnai is a mid sized village in Cheyyar tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 707, made up of 338 males and 369 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,092 females per 1000 males. The village covers 233.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 631702, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punnai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punnai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil	Cheyyar
Pincode	631702
Area (hectares)	233.9 hectares
Population	707
Male Population	338
Female Population	369
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,092
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 20 km distance

How Punnai compares

By the 2011 count Punnai is the 155th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents. Its 233.9 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Punnai

Punnai 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 Punnai 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 Punnai from other places

Punnai lies about 87 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Nathapettai, about 15 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 Punnai
Nearest town	Uttiramerūr	10 km
Nearest railway station	Nathapettai	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyar	19 km
District headquarters	Tiruvannamalai	87 km

Villages closest to Punnai

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 Punnai

As per the Census of India 2011, Punnai village had a population of 707. That makes it the 155th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents.

Punnai village has 338 males and 369 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punnai has about 1092 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 994.

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

Punnai covers 233.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Punnai is Nathapettai, about 15 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 Punnai.

Punnai is about 87 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punnai is in Cheyyar tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Uttiramerūr is about 10 km away. Nathapettai is about 15 km away. Cheyyar is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.