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About Keelanatham Village

Keelanatham is a large village in Udayarpalayam tehsil, in the district of Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,141, made up of 1,544 males and 1,597 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 940.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 621701, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keelanatham Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keelanatham village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Ariyalur
Tehsil Udayarpalayam
Pincode 621701
Area (hectares) 940.41 hectares
Population 3,141
Male Population 1,544
Female Population 1,597
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,034
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Keelanatham compares

By the 2011 count Keelanatham is the 50th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,569 residents. Its 940.41 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Keelanatham

Keelanatham is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Keelanatham as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Keelanatham from other places

Keelanatham lies about 20 km from Ariyalur, and the nearest railway station is Papanasam, 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 Keelanatham
Nearest railway station Papanasam 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Udayarpalayam 17 km
Nearest town Kumbakonam 19 km
District headquarters Ariyalur 20 km

Villages closest to Keelanatham

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Keelanatham village had a population of 3,141. That makes it the 50th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,569 residents.

Keelanatham village has 1,544 males and 1,597 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keelanatham has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Keelanatham is 621701. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keelanatham covers 940.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Keelanatham falls under Udayarpalayam tehsil of Ariyalur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Keelanatham is Papanasam, 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 <5 km distance for Keelanatham.

Keelanatham is about 20 km from Ariyalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keelanatham is in Udayarpalayam tehsil of Ariyalur district. Papanasam is about 14 km away. Udayarpalayam is about 17 km away. Kumbakonam is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Udayavarthiyanur (2.9 km), Kadambur (3.6 km) and Uliyankudi (4.6 km).

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

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