About Erichchanatham Village

Erichchanatham is one of the larger villages in Sivakasi tehsil, in the district of Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,057, made up of 2,980 males and 3,077 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1310.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 626103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Erichchanatham Overview

Census 2011 figures for Erichchanatham village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Virudhunagar
Tehsil	Sivakasi
Pincode	626103
Area (hectares)	1310.98 hectares
Population	6,057
Male Population	2,980
Female Population	3,077
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,033
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Erichchanatham compares

By the 2011 count Erichchanatham is the 8th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 3,943 residents. Its 1310.98 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Erichchanatham

Erichchanatham is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Erichchanatham 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 Erichchanatham from other places

Erichchanatham lies about 21 km from Virudhunagar, and the nearest railway station is Sankaralingapuram, about 14 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 Erichchanatham
Nearest railway station	Sankaralingapuram	14 km
Nearest town	Virudunagar	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sivakasi	20 km
District headquarters	Virudhunagar	21 km

Villages closest to Erichchanatham

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Erichchanatham village had a population of 6,057. That makes it the 8th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,943 residents.

Erichchanatham village has 2,980 males and 3,077 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Erichchanatham has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Erichchanatham is 626103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Erichchanatham covers 1310.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Erichchanatham falls under Sivakasi tehsil of Virudhunagar district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Erichchanatham is Sankaralingapuram, about 14 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 Erichchanatham.

Erichchanatham is about 21 km from Virudhunagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Erichchanatham is in Sivakasi tehsil of Virudhunagar district. Sankaralingapuram is about 14 km away. Virudunagar is about 16 km away. Sivakasi is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.