About Sembakkam Village

Sembakkam is a small village in Arcot tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 26, made up of 15 males and 11 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 733 females per 1000 males. The village covers 188.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 632506, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sembakkam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sembakkam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
Tehsil	Arcot
Pincode	632506
Area (hectares)	188.67 hectares
Population	26
Male Population	15
Female Population	11
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	733
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 40 km distance

How Sembakkam compares

By the 2011 count Sembakkam is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents. Its 188.67 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Sembakkam

Sembakkam 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 Sembakkam as Available within 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10 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 Sembakkam from other places

Sembakkam lies about 40 km from Vellore, and the nearest railway station is Sedarampattu, about 26 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 Sembakkam
Nearest town	Cheyyar	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Arcot	24 km
Nearest railway station	Sedarampattu	26 km
District headquarters	Vellore	40 km

Villages closest to Sembakkam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sembakkam village had a population of 26. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents.

Sembakkam village has 15 males and 11 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sembakkam has about 733 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Sembakkam is 632506. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sembakkam covers 188.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sembakkam falls under Arcot tehsil of Vellore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Sembakkam is Sedarampattu, about 26 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 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10 km distance for Sembakkam.

Sembakkam is about 40 km from Vellore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sembakkam is in Arcot tehsil of Vellore district. Cheyyar is about 13 km away. Arcot is about 24 km away. Sedarampattu is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.