About Aravankadu Village

Aravankadu is a small village in Sankarapuram tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 492, made up of 243 males and 249 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 427.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 606207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Aravankadu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Aravankadu village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Sankarapuram
Pincode	606207
Area (hectares)	427.51 hectares
Population	492
Male Population	243
Female Population	249
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,025
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Aravankadu compares

By the 2011 count Aravankadu is the 166th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents. Its 427.51 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Aravankadu

Aravankadu is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Aravankadu as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Aravankadu from other places

Aravankadu lies about 72 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Tiruvannamalai, about 33 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 Aravankadu
Tehsil headquarters	Sankarapuram	20 km
Nearest town	Chengam	29 km
Nearest railway station	Tiruvannamalai	33 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	72 km

Villages closest to Aravankadu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Aravankadu village had a population of 492. That makes it the 166th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents.

Aravankadu village has 243 males and 249 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Aravankadu has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Aravankadu is 606207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Aravankadu covers 427.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Aravankadu falls under Sankarapuram tehsil of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Aravankadu is Tiruvannamalai, about 33 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Aravankadu.

Aravankadu is about 72 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Aravankadu is in Sankarapuram tehsil of Viluppuram district. Sankarapuram is about 20 km away. Chengam is about 29 km away. Tiruvannamalai is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.