About Edakkal Village

Edakkal is a mid sized village in THANDRAMPET tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,028, made up of 502 males and 526 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 385.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 606753, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Edakkal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Edakkal village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil	THANDRAMPET
Pincode	606753
Area (hectares)	385.86 hectares
Population	1,028
Male Population	502
Female Population	526
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,048
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 19 km distance

How Edakkal compares

By the 2011 count Edakkal is the 53rd largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,720 residents. Its 385.86 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Edakkal

Edakkal 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 Edakkal 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 19 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Edakkal from other places

Edakkal lies about 19 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Tandarai, about 16 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 Edakkal
Nearest railway station	Tandarai	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	THANDRAMPET	19 km
District headquarters	Tiruvannamalai	19 km

Villages closest to Edakkal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Edakkal village had a population of 1,028. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,720 residents.

Edakkal village has 502 males and 526 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Edakkal has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Edakkal is 606753. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Edakkal covers 385.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Edakkal falls under THANDRAMPET tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Edakkal is Tandarai, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 19 km distance.

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

Edakkal is about 19 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Edakkal is in THANDRAMPET tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Tandarai is about 16 km away. THANDRAMPET is about 19 km away. Tiruvannamalai is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.