About Kanamalai Village

Kanamalai is a mid sized village in Polur tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,091, made up of 577 males and 514 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 224.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 632102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanamalai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanamalai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil	Polur
Pincode	632102
Area (hectares)	224.3 hectares
Population	1,091
Male Population	577
Female Population	514
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 20 km distance

How Kanamalai compares

By the 2011 count Kanamalai is the 132nd largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,130 residents. Its 224.3 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Kanamalai

Kanamalai 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 Kanamalai 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 Kanamalai from other places

Kanamalai lies about 52 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Kannamangalam, about 14 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 Kanamalai
Nearest railway station	Kannamangalam	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Polur	21 km
Nearest town	Polūr	21 km
District headquarters	Tiruvannamalai	52 km

Villages closest to Kanamalai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanamalai village had a population of 1,091. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,130 residents.

Kanamalai village has 577 males and 514 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanamalai has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Kanamalai is 632102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanamalai covers 224.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanamalai falls under Polur tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Kanamalai is Kannamangalam, about 14 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 Kanamalai.

Kanamalai is about 52 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanamalai is in Polur tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Kannamangalam is about 14 km away. Polur is about 21 km away. Polūr is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.