About Punnappadi Village

Punnappadi is a mid sized village in Arcot tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 756, made up of 360 males and 396 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,100 females per 1000 males. The village covers 313.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 632512, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punnappadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punnappadi village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
Tehsil	Arcot
Pincode	632512
Area (hectares)	313.4 hectares
Population	756
Male Population	360
Female Population	396
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,100
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 22 km distance

How Punnappadi compares

By the 2011 count Punnappadi is the 65th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents. Its 313.4 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Punnappadi

Punnappadi 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 Punnappadi 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 Punnappadi from other places

Punnappadi lies about 25 km from Vellore, and the nearest railway station is Walaja Road Junction, about 16 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 Punnappadi
Tehsil headquarters	Arcot	8.9 km
Nearest railway station	Walaja Road Junction	16 km
District headquarters	Vellore	25 km

Villages closest to Punnappadi

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 Punnappadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Punnappadi village had a population of 756. That makes it the 65th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents.

Punnappadi village has 360 males and 396 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punnappadi has about 1100 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Punnappadi is 632512. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punnappadi covers 313.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Punnappadi is Walaja Road Junction, about 16 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 Punnappadi.

Punnappadi is about 25 km from Vellore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punnappadi is in Arcot tehsil of Vellore district. Arcot is about 8.9 km away. Walaja Road Junction is about 16 km away. Vellore is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.