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About Talankunram Village

Talankunram is a large village in Gingee tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,240, made up of 1,132 males and 1,108 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 668.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Talankunram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Talankunram village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Viluppuram
Tehsil Gingee
Pincode 604201
Area (hectares) 668.22 hectares
Population 2,240
Male Population 1,132
Female Population 1,108
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 979
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 40 km distance

How Talankunram compares

By the 2011 count Talankunram is the 52nd largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents. Its 668.22 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 Talankunram

Talankunram 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 Talankunram 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 40 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Talankunram from other places

Talankunram lies about 56 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Agaram Sibbandi, about 17 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 Talankunram
Nearest railway station Agaram Sibbandi 17 km
Nearest town Polūr 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Gingee 23 km
District headquarters Viluppuram 56 km

Villages closest to Talankunram

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.

Common questions about Talankunram

As per the Census of India 2011, Talankunram village had a population of 2,240. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents.

Talankunram village has 1,132 males and 1,108 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Talankunram has about 979 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 Talankunram is 604201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Talankunram covers 668.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Talankunram is Agaram Sibbandi, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 40 km distance.

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

Talankunram is about 56 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Talankunram is in Gingee tehsil of Viluppuram district. Agaram Sibbandi is about 17 km away. Polūr is about 20 km away. Gingee is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Paraiyanpattu (2.1 km), Kappalambadi (2.3 km) and Kodambadi (2.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Talankunram today is likely to be higher.

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