About Gengampoondi Village

Gengampoondi is a mid sized village in Vandavasi tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 857, made up of 427 males and 430 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 321.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604501, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gengampoondi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gengampoondi village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil	Vandavasi
Pincode	604501
Area (hectares)	321.19 hectares
Population	857
Male Population	427
Female Population	430
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,007
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 2 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 40 km distance

How Gengampoondi compares

By the 2011 count Gengampoondi is the 140th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,420 residents. Its 321.19 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Gengampoondi

Gengampoondi 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 Gengampoondi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 2 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 40 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gengampoondi from other places

Gengampoondi lies about 45 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Tindivanam, about 28 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 Gengampoondi
Nearest town	Gingee	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vandavasi	20 km
Nearest railway station	Tindivanam	28 km
District headquarters	Tiruvannamalai	45 km

Villages closest to Gengampoondi

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 Gengampoondi

As per the Census of India 2011, Gengampoondi village had a population of 857. That makes it the 140th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,420 residents.

Gengampoondi village has 427 males and 430 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gengampoondi has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 999.

The pincode recorded for Gengampoondi is 604501. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gengampoondi covers 321.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Gengampoondi is Tindivanam, about 28 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 40 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 2 km distance for Gengampoondi.

Gengampoondi is about 45 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gengampoondi is in Vandavasi tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Gingee is about 16 km away. Vandavasi is about 20 km away. Tindivanam is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.