About Palayur Village

Palayur is a mid sized village in Pollachi tehsil, in the district of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,061, made up of 540 males and 521 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 965 females per 1000 males. The village covers 317.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 642123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palayur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palayur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Coimbatore
Tehsil	Pollachi
Pincode	642123
Area (hectares)	317.89 hectares
Population	1,061
Male Population	540
Female Population	521
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	965
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palayur compares

By the 2011 count Palayur is the 102nd largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,795 residents. Its 317.89 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Palayur

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

Palayur lies about 46 km from Coimbatore, and the nearest railway station is Pollachi Junction, about 8.3 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 Palayur
Nearest town	Sūleswaranpatti	6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pollachi	8.1 km
Nearest railway station	Pollachi Junction	8.3 km
District headquarters	Coimbatore	46 km

Villages closest to Palayur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palayur village had a population of 1,061. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,795 residents.

Palayur village has 540 males and 521 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palayur has about 965 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Palayur is 642123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palayur covers 317.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palayur falls under Pollachi tehsil of Coimbatore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Palayur is Pollachi Junction, about 8.3 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 Palayur.

Palayur is about 46 km from Coimbatore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palayur is in Pollachi tehsil of Coimbatore district. Sūleswaranpatti is about 6.6 km away. Pollachi is about 8.1 km away. Pollachi Junction is about 8.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.