About Porkunam Village

Porkunam is a small village in Gingee tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 390, made up of 197 males and 193 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Porkunam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Porkunam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Gingee
Pincode	604208
Area (hectares)	133.33 hectares
Population	390
Male Population	197
Female Population	193
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	980
Bus Service (public)	Available within 3 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 44 km distance

How Porkunam compares

By the 2011 count Porkunam is the 222nd largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents. Its 133.33 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 Porkunam

Porkunam 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 Porkunam as Available within 3 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 44 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Porkunam from other places

Porkunam lies about 43 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Nedimolyanur, about 28 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 Porkunam
Tehsil headquarters	Gingee	7.2 km
Nearest railway station	Nedimolyanur	28 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	43 km

Villages closest to Porkunam

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 Porkunam

As per the Census of India 2011, Porkunam village had a population of 390. That makes it the 222nd largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents.

Porkunam village has 197 males and 193 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Porkunam has about 980 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Porkunam is 604208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Porkunam covers 133.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Porkunam is Nedimolyanur, about 28 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 44 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 3 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Porkunam.

Porkunam is about 43 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Porkunam is in Gingee tehsil of Viluppuram district. Gingee is about 7.2 km away. Nedimolyanur is about 28 km away. Viluppuram is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.