About Poongodu Village

Poongodu is a small village in Arcot tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 349, made up of 205 males and 144 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 702 females per 1000 males. The village covers 92.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 632503, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Poongodu compares

By the 2011 count Poongodu is the 88th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents. Its 92.42 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Poongodu

Poongodu 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 Poongodu 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 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Perumanthangal, Perungalmedu, Pindithangal and Pinnanthangal. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.