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About Orukodi Village

Orukodi is a mid sized village in Viluppuram tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 834, made up of 408 males and 426 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,044 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 605301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Orukodi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Orukodi village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Viluppuram
Tehsil Viluppuram
Pincode 605301
Area (hectares) 94.54 hectares
Population 834
Male Population 408
Female Population 426
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,044
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Orukodi compares

By the 2011 count Orukodi is the 193rd largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,428 residents. Its 94.54 hectares work out to about 8.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Orukodi

Orukodi 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 Orukodi 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Orukodi from other places

Orukodi lies about 6.7 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Venkatesapuram, about 1.6 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 Orukodi
Nearest railway station Venkatesapuram 1.6 km
Nearest town Sālamedu 6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Viluppuram 6.7 km

Villages closest to Orukodi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Orukodi village had a population of 834. That makes it the 193rd largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,428 residents.

Orukodi village has 408 males and 426 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Orukodi has about 1044 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Orukodi is 605301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Orukodi covers 94.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Orukodi falls under Viluppuram tehsil of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Orukodi is Venkatesapuram, about 1.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Orukodi is about 6.7 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Orukodi is in Viluppuram tehsil of Viluppuram district. Venkatesapuram is about 1.6 km away. Sālamedu is about 6.4 km away. Viluppuram is about 6.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nerkunam (under 2 km), Sattipattu (under 2 km) and Kondangi (under 2 km).

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

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