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About Palavaykandan Village

Palavaykandan is a small village in Kattumannarkoil tehsil, in the district of Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 456, made up of 240 males and 216 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 608304, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palavaykandan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palavaykandan village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Cuddalore
Tehsil Kattumannarkoil
Pincode 608304
Area (hectares) 133.69 hectares
Population 456
Male Population 240
Female Population 216
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 900
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Palavaykandan compares

By the 2011 count Palavaykandan is the 136th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,473 residents. Its 133.69 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Palavaykandan

Palavaykandan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Palavaykandan as Available within <5 km distance. 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. The nearest villages by name are Neyvasal, Oblanjimedu, Odaiyur and Omampuliyur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Palavaykandan

As per the Census of India 2011, Palavaykandan village had a population of 456. That makes it the 136th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,473 residents.

Palavaykandan village has 240 males and 216 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palavaykandan has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Palavaykandan is 608304. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palavaykandan covers 133.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palavaykandan falls under Kattumannarkoil tehsil of Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu.

The census record for Palavaykandan notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Palavaykandan.

Palavaykandan is in Kattumannarkoil tehsil of Cuddalore district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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