About Puttagaram Village

Puttagaram is a mid sized village in Gingee tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,383, made up of 691 males and 692 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,001 females per 1000 males. The village covers 290.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604152, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Puttagaram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puttagaram village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Gingee
Pincode	604152
Area (hectares)	290.02 hectares
Population	1,383
Male Population	691
Female Population	692
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,001
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 20 km distance

How Puttagaram compares

By the 2011 count Puttagaram is the 112th largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents. Its 290.02 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Puttagaram

Puttagaram 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 Puttagaram 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 20 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Puttagaram from other places

Puttagaram lies about 40 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Tandarai, 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 Puttagaram
Nearest railway station	Tandarai	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gingee	18 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	40 km

Villages closest to Puttagaram

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Puttagaram village had a population of 1,383. That makes it the 112th largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents.

Puttagaram village has 691 males and 692 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puttagaram has about 1001 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Puttagaram is 604152. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Puttagaram covers 290.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Puttagaram falls under Gingee tehsil of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Puttagaram is Tandarai, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 20 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Puttagaram.

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

Puttagaram is in Gingee tehsil of Viluppuram district. Tandarai is about 16 km away. Gingee is about 18 km away. Viluppuram is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.