About Appakkam Village

Appakkam is a mid sized village in Vanur tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 672, made up of 336 males and 336 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 434.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Appakkam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Appakkam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Vanur
Pincode	604102
Area (hectares)	434.73 hectares
Population	672
Male Population	336
Female Population	336
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 20 km distance

How Appakkam compares

By the 2011 count Appakkam is the 67th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,085 residents. Its 434.73 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Appakkam

Appakkam 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 Appakkam 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 20 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Appakkam from other places

Appakkam lies about 18 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Chinnababu Samudram, about 8.4 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 Appakkam
Nearest railway station	Chinnababu Samudram	8.4 km
Nearest town	Nellikkuppam	11 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vanur	21 km

Villages closest to Appakkam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Appakkam village had a population of 672. That makes it the 67th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,085 residents.

Appakkam village has 336 males and 336 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Appakkam has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Appakkam is 604102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Appakkam covers 434.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Appakkam falls under Vanur tehsil of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Appakkam is Chinnababu Samudram, about 8.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 20 km distance.

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

Appakkam is about 18 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Appakkam is in Vanur tehsil of Viluppuram district. Chinnababu Samudram is about 8.4 km away. Nellikkuppam is about 11 km away. Viluppuram is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.