About Arunkunam Village

Arunkunam is a mid sized village in Vandavasi tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 992, made up of 513 males and 479 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 478.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604406, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Arunkunam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Arunkunam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil	Vandavasi
Pincode	604406
Area (hectares)	478.49 hectares
Population	992
Male Population	513
Female Population	479
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 21 km distance

How Arunkunam compares

By the 2011 count Arunkunam is the 126th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,420 residents. Its 478.49 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Arunkunam

Arunkunam 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 Arunkunam 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 21 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Arunkunam from other places

Arunkunam lies about 96 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Madurantakam, about 2.6 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 Arunkunam
Nearest railway station	Madurantakam	2.6 km
Nearest town	Madurāntakam	3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vandavasi	34 km
District headquarters	Tiruvannamalai	96 km

Villages closest to Arunkunam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Arunkunam village had a population of 992. That makes it the 126th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,420 residents.

Arunkunam village has 513 males and 479 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Arunkunam has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 999.

The pincode recorded for Arunkunam is 604406. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Arunkunam covers 478.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Arunkunam falls under Vandavasi tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Arunkunam is Madurantakam, about 2.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 21 km distance.

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

Arunkunam is about 96 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Arunkunam is in Vandavasi tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Madurantakam is about 2.6 km away. Madurāntakam is about 3.7 km away. Vandavasi is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.