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About Katrambakkam Village

Katrambakkam is a mid sized village in Vanur tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,887, made up of 941 males and 946 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 490.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 605109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Katrambakkam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Katrambakkam village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Viluppuram
Tehsil Vanur
Pincode 605109
Area (hectares) 490.07 hectares
Population 1,887
Male Population 941
Female Population 946
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,005
Bus Service (public) Available within 4 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 25 km distance

How Katrambakkam compares

By the 2011 count Katrambakkam is the 30th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,085 residents. Its 490.07 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Katrambakkam

Katrambakkam 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 Katrambakkam as Available within 4 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 25 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Katrambakkam from other places

Katrambakkam lies about 31 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Villiyanur, about 15 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 Katrambakkam
Tehsil headquarters Vanur 3.9 km
Nearest town Kurumbapet 13 km
Nearest railway station Villiyanur 15 km
District headquarters Viluppuram 31 km

Villages closest to Katrambakkam

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.

Common questions about Katrambakkam

As per the Census of India 2011, Katrambakkam village had a population of 1,887. That makes it the 30th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,085 residents.

Katrambakkam village has 941 males and 946 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Katrambakkam has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Katrambakkam is 605109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Katrambakkam covers 490.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Katrambakkam is Villiyanur, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 25 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 4 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Katrambakkam.

Katrambakkam is about 31 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Katrambakkam is in Vanur tehsil of Viluppuram district. Vanur is about 3.9 km away. Kurumbapet is about 13 km away. Villiyanur is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pulichapallam (2.4 km), Kenippattu (2.4 km) and Olundiyappattu (2.7 km).

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

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