About Poykkunam Village

Poykkunam is a large village in Sankarapuram tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,736, made up of 1,362 males and 1,374 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 633.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 606401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Poykkunam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Poykkunam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Sankarapuram
Pincode	606401
Area (hectares)	633.85 hectares
Population	2,736
Male Population	1,362
Female Population	1,374
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,009
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Poykkunam compares

By the 2011 count Poykkunam is the 49th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents. Its 633.85 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Poykkunam

Poykkunam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Poykkunam 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Poykkunam from other places

Poykkunam lies about 66 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Chinna Salem, about 27 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 Poykkunam
Tehsil headquarters	Sankarapuram	3.6 km
Nearest town	Vadakkanandal	12 km
Nearest railway station	Chinna Salem	27 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	66 km

Villages closest to Poykkunam

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 Poykkunam

As per the Census of India 2011, Poykkunam village had a population of 2,736. That makes it the 49th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents.

Poykkunam village has 1,362 males and 1,374 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Poykkunam has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Poykkunam is 606401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Poykkunam covers 633.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Poykkunam is Chinna Salem, about 27 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 village for Poykkunam.

Poykkunam is about 66 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Poykkunam is in Sankarapuram tehsil of Viluppuram district. Sankarapuram is about 3.6 km away. Vadakkanandal is about 12 km away. Chinna Salem is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.