About Kanakai Village

Kanakai is a mid sized village in Aruppukkottai tehsil, in the district of Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,417, made up of 700 males and 717 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 815.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 626114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanakai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanakai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Virudhunagar
Tehsil	Aruppukkottai
Pincode	626114
Area (hectares)	815.27 hectares
Population	1,417
Male Population	700
Female Population	717
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,024
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanakai compares

By the 2011 count Kanakai is the 31st largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,782 residents. Its 815.27 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Kanakai

Kanakai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kanakai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kanakai from other places

Kanakai lies about 40 km from Virudhunagar, and the nearest railway station is Tiruchchuli, about 22 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 Kanakai
Nearest railway station	Tiruchchuli	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Aruppukkottai	27 km
District headquarters	Virudhunagar	40 km

Villages closest to Kanakai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanakai village had a population of 1,417. That makes it the 31st largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,782 residents.

Kanakai village has 700 males and 717 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanakai has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Kanakai is 626114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanakai covers 815.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kanakai falls under Aruppukkottai tehsil of Virudhunagar district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Kanakai is Tiruchchuli, about 22 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kanakai.

Kanakai is about 40 km from Virudhunagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanakai is in Aruppukkottai tehsil of Virudhunagar district. Tiruchchuli is about 22 km away. Aruppukkottai is about 27 km away. Virudhunagar is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.