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About Chitherippattu Village

Chitherippattu is a small village in Sankarapuram tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 419, made up of 218 males and 201 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 312.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 606206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chitherippattu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chitherippattu village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Viluppuram
Tehsil Sankarapuram
Pincode 606206
Area (hectares) 312.27 hectares
Population 419
Male Population 218
Female Population 201
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 922
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chitherippattu compares

By the 2011 count Chitherippattu is the 169th 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 312.27 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Chitherippattu

Chitherippattu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chitherippattu as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Chitherippattu from other places

Chitherippattu lies about 55 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Pukkiravari, about 21 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 Chitherippattu
Nearest town Kallakkurichchi 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Sankarapuram 12 km
Nearest railway station Pukkiravari 21 km
District headquarters Viluppuram 55 km

Villages closest to Chitherippattu

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.

Common questions about Chitherippattu

As per the Census of India 2011, Chitherippattu village had a population of 419. That makes it the 169th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents.

Chitherippattu village has 218 males and 201 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chitherippattu has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Chitherippattu is 606206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chitherippattu covers 312.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Chitherippattu is Pukkiravari, about 21 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Chitherippattu.

Chitherippattu is about 55 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chitherippattu is in Sankarapuram tehsil of Viluppuram district. Kallakkurichchi is about 10 km away. Sankarapuram is about 12 km away. Pukkiravari 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 Palayasiruvangur (under 2 km), Kallipattu (2.7 km) and Pallippattu (2.7 km).

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

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