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About Chinnanerkunam Village

Chinnanerkunam is a large village in Tindivanam tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,230, made up of 1,598 males and 1,632 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 568 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chinnanerkunam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chinnanerkunam village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Viluppuram
Tehsil Tindivanam
Pincode 604302
Area (hectares) 568 hectares
Population 3,230
Male Population 1,598
Female Population 1,632
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,021
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 2.4 km distance

How Chinnanerkunam compares

By the 2011 count Chinnanerkunam is the 26th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,624 residents. Its 568 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Chinnanerkunam

Chinnanerkunam 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 Chinnanerkunam 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 2.4 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chinnanerkunam from other places

Chinnanerkunam lies about 25 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Mailam, about 2.1 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 Chinnanerkunam
Nearest railway station Mailam 2.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Tindivanam 12 km
District headquarters Viluppuram 25 km

Villages closest to Chinnanerkunam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chinnanerkunam village had a population of 3,230. That makes it the 26th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,624 residents.

Chinnanerkunam village has 1,598 males and 1,632 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chinnanerkunam has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Chinnanerkunam is 604302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chinnanerkunam covers 568 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chinnanerkunam falls under Tindivanam tehsil of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Chinnanerkunam is Mailam, about 2.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 2.4 km distance.

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

Chinnanerkunam is about 25 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chinnanerkunam is in Tindivanam tehsil of Viluppuram district. Mailam is about 2.1 km away. Tindivanam is about 12 km away. Viluppuram is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Velangampadi (under 2 km), Kutteripattu (2.0 km) and Chinnavalavanur (2.4 km).

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

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