About Thumbai Village

Thumbai is a mid sized village in Cheyyar tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 633, made up of 321 males and 312 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 972 females per 1000 males. The village covers 222.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604407, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thumbai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thumbai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil	Cheyyar
Pincode	604407
Area (hectares)	222.07 hectares
Population	633
Male Population	321
Female Population	312
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	972
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 26 km distance

How Thumbai compares

By the 2011 count Thumbai is the 167th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents. Its 222.07 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Thumbai

Thumbai 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 Thumbai 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 26 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Thumbai from other places

Thumbai lies about 76 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Kanchipuram East, about 21 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 Thumbai
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyar	5.9 km
Nearest railway station	Kanchipuram East	21 km
District headquarters	Tiruvannamalai	76 km

Villages closest to Thumbai

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 Thumbai

As per the Census of India 2011, Thumbai village had a population of 633. That makes it the 167th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents.

Thumbai village has 321 males and 312 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thumbai has about 972 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 994.

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

Thumbai covers 222.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Thumbai is Kanchipuram East, about 21 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 26 km distance.

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

Thumbai is about 76 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thumbai is in Cheyyar tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Cheyyar is about 5.9 km away. Kanchipuram East is about 21 km away. Tiruvannamalai is about 76 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.