About Punnai Village

Punnai is a mid sized village in Vandavasi tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,909, made up of 956 males and 953 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 997 females per 1000 males. The village covers 479.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604405, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punnai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punnai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil	Vandavasi
Pincode	604405
Area (hectares)	479.62 hectares
Population	1,909
Male Population	956
Female Population	953
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	997
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 22 km distance

How Punnai compares

By the 2011 count Punnai is the 42nd largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,420 residents. Its 479.62 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Punnai

Punnai 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 Punnai 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 22 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Punnai from other places

Punnai lies about 69 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Tozhuppedu, about 17 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 Punnai
Tehsil headquarters	Vandavasi	7.9 km
Nearest town	Vandavāsi	7.9 km
Nearest railway station	Tozhuppedu	17 km
District headquarters	Tiruvannamalai	69 km

Villages closest to Punnai

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 Punnai

As per the Census of India 2011, Punnai village had a population of 1,909. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,420 residents.

Punnai village has 956 males and 953 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punnai has about 997 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 999.

The pincode recorded for Punnai is 604405. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punnai covers 479.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Punnai is Tozhuppedu, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 22 km distance.

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

Punnai is about 69 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punnai is in Vandavasi tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Vandavasi is about 7.9 km away. Vandavāsi is about 7.9 km away. Tozhuppedu is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.