About Panchalam Village

Panchalam is a mid sized village in Tindivanam tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,072, made up of 500 males and 572 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,144 females per 1000 males. The village covers 407.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604307, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panchalam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panchalam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Tindivanam
Pincode	604307
Area (hectares)	407.54 hectares
Population	1,072
Male Population	500
Female Population	572
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,144
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Panchalam compares

By the 2011 count Panchalam is the 121st largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,624 residents. Its 407.54 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Panchalam

Panchalam 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 Panchalam 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Panchalam from other places

Panchalam lies about 42 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Panchalam, about 1.7 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 Panchalam
Nearest railway station	Panchalam	1.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tindivanam	4.9 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	42 km

Villages closest to Panchalam

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.

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Common questions about Panchalam

As per the Census of India 2011, Panchalam village had a population of 1,072. That makes it the 121st largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,624 residents.

Panchalam village has 500 males and 572 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panchalam has about 1144 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Panchalam is 604307. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panchalam covers 407.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Panchalam is Panchalam, about 1.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Panchalam is about 42 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panchalam is in Tindivanam tehsil of Viluppuram district. Panchalam is about 1.7 km away. Tindivanam is about 4.9 km away. Viluppuram is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.