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About Eranji Village

Eranji is a mid sized village in Kallakkurichi tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,357, made up of 678 males and 679 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,001 females per 1000 males. The village covers 578.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 606305, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Eranji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Eranji village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Viluppuram
Tehsil Kallakkurichi
Pincode 606305
Area (hectares) 578.62 hectares
Population 1,357
Male Population 678
Female Population 679
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 <5 km distance

How Eranji compares

By the 2011 count Eranji is the 113th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,328 residents. Its 578.62 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Eranji

Eranji 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 Eranji 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Eranji from other places

Eranji lies about 21 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Perani, about under 2 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 Eranji
Nearest railway station Perani under 2 km
Nearest town Tindivanam 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Kallakkurichi 21 km
District headquarters Viluppuram 21 km

Villages closest to Eranji

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Eranji village had a population of 1,357. That makes it the 113th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,328 residents.

Eranji village has 678 males and 679 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Eranji has about 1001 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Eranji is 606305. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Eranji covers 578.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Eranji falls under Kallakkurichi tehsil of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Eranji is Perani, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Eranji is about 21 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Eranji is in Kallakkurichi tehsil of Viluppuram district. Perani is about under 2 km away. Tindivanam is about 17 km away. Kallakkurichi is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thachur (3.0 km), Thottiyam (3.9 km) and Ammaiyagaram (4.0 km).

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

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