About Cholangunam Village

Cholangunam is a large village in Gingee tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,120, made up of 1,069 males and 1,051 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 565.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Cholangunam compares

By the 2011 count Cholangunam is the 58th largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents. Its 565.83 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 987.

Getting to Cholangunam

Cholangunam 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 Cholangunam 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 42 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Chinnaponnampundi, Chittamur, Chitteri and Chokkanandal. 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.