About Mettupalayam Village

Mettupalayam is a mid sized village in Pollachi tehsil, in the district of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,546, made up of 754 males and 792 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,050 females per 1000 males. The village covers 861.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 642110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mettupalayam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mettupalayam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Coimbatore
Tehsil	Pollachi
Pincode	642110
Area (hectares)	861.62 hectares
Population	1,546
Male Population	754
Female Population	792
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,050
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mettupalayam compares

By the 2011 count Mettupalayam is the 84th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,795 residents. Its 861.62 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 Mettupalayam

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

Mettupalayam lies about 29 km from Coimbatore, and the nearest railway station is Kovilpalaiyam, about under 2 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 Mettupalayam
Nearest railway station	Kovilpalaiyam	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pollachi	10 km
District headquarters	Coimbatore	29 km

Villages closest to Mettupalayam

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 Mettupalayam

As per the Census of India 2011, Mettupalayam village had a population of 1,546. That makes it the 84th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,795 residents.

Mettupalayam village has 754 males and 792 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mettupalayam has about 1050 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Mettupalayam is 642110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mettupalayam covers 861.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Mettupalayam is Kovilpalaiyam, about under 2 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 Mettupalayam.

Mettupalayam is about 29 km from Coimbatore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mettupalayam is in Pollachi tehsil of Coimbatore district. Kovilpalaiyam is about under 2 km away. Pollachi is about 10 km away. Coimbatore is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.