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About Therkunatham Village

Therkunatham is a mid sized village in Aruppukkottai tehsil, in the district of Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 668, made up of 326 males and 342 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,049 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1008.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 626114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Therkunatham Overview

Census 2011 figures for Therkunatham village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Virudhunagar
Tehsil Aruppukkottai
Pincode 626114
Area (hectares) 1008.63 hectares
Population 668
Male Population 326
Female Population 342
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,049
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Therkunatham compares

By the 2011 count Therkunatham is the 54th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,782 residents. Its 1008.63 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 1012.

Getting to Therkunatham

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

How far is Therkunatham from other places

Therkunatham lies about 37 km from Virudhunagar, and the nearest railway station is Tiruchchuli, about 26 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 Therkunatham
Nearest railway station Tiruchchuli 26 km
Tehsil headquarters Aruppukkottai 27 km
District headquarters Virudhunagar 37 km

Villages closest to Therkunatham

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.

Common questions about Therkunatham

As per the Census of India 2011, Therkunatham village had a population of 668. That makes it the 54th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,782 residents.

Therkunatham village has 326 males and 342 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Therkunatham has about 1049 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

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

Therkunatham covers 1008.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Therkunatham is Tiruchchuli, about 26 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 village for Therkunatham.

Therkunatham is about 37 km from Virudhunagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Therkunatham is in Aruppukkottai tehsil of Virudhunagar district. Tiruchchuli is about 26 km away. Aruppukkottai is about 27 km away. Virudhunagar is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rajagopalapuram (5.8 km), Thoppalakarai (6.7 km) and Thirumalaipuram (7.9 km).

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

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