About Pennagar Village

Pennagar is a large village in Arcot tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,319, made up of 1,637 males and 1,682 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 648.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 632318, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pennagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pennagar village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
Tehsil	Arcot
Pincode	632318
Area (hectares)	648.86 hectares
Population	3,319
Male Population	1,637
Female Population	1,682
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,027
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 6 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 35 km distance

How Pennagar compares

By the 2011 count Pennagar is the 11th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents. Its 648.86 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Pennagar

Pennagar 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 Pennagar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 6 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 35 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pennagar from other places

Pennagar lies about 37 km from Vellore, and the nearest railway station is Sedarampattu, about 22 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 Pennagar
Nearest town	Arni	14 km
Nearest railway station	Sedarampattu	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Arcot	23 km
District headquarters	Vellore	37 km

Villages closest to Pennagar

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 Pennagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Pennagar village had a population of 3,319. That makes it the 11th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents.

Pennagar village has 1,637 males and 1,682 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pennagar has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Pennagar is 632318. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pennagar covers 648.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Pennagar is Sedarampattu, about 22 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 35 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 6 km distance for Pennagar.

Pennagar is about 37 km from Vellore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pennagar is in Arcot tehsil of Vellore district. Arni is about 14 km away. Sedarampattu is about 22 km away. Arcot is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.