About Thenkkarai Village

Thenkkarai is a large village in Vandavasi tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,172, made up of 1,053 males and 1,119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,063 females per 1000 males. The village covers 530.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604503, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thenkkarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thenkkarai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil	Vandavasi
Pincode	604503
Area (hectares)	530.25 hectares
Population	2,172
Male Population	1,053
Female Population	1,119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,063
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 37 km distance

How Thenkkarai compares

By the 2011 count Thenkkarai is the 29th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,420 residents. Its 530.25 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Thenkkarai

Thenkkarai 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 Thenkkarai 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 37 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Thenkkarai from other places

Thenkkarai lies about 54 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Arni Road, about 33 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 Thenkkarai
Tehsil headquarters	Vandavasi	13 km
Nearest town	Vandavāsi	13 km
Nearest railway station	Arni Road	33 km
District headquarters	Tiruvannamalai	54 km

Villages closest to Thenkkarai

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 Thenkkarai

As per the Census of India 2011, Thenkkarai village had a population of 2,172. That makes it the 29th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,420 residents.

Thenkkarai village has 1,053 males and 1,119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thenkkarai has about 1063 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 999.

The pincode recorded for Thenkkarai is 604503. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thenkkarai covers 530.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Thenkkarai is Arni Road, about 33 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 37 km distance.

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

Thenkkarai is about 54 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thenkkarai is in Vandavasi tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Vandavasi is about 13 km away. Vandavāsi is about 13 km away. Arni Road is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.