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About Keelapalaiyur Village

Keelapalaiyur is a mid sized village in Virudhachalam tehsil, in the district of Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 838, made up of 415 males and 423 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 120.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 606103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keelapalaiyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keelapalaiyur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Cuddalore
Tehsil Virudhachalam
Pincode 606103
Area (hectares) 120.48 hectares
Population 838
Male Population 415
Female Population 423
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,019
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Keelapalaiyur compares

By the 2011 count Keelapalaiyur is the 136th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,130 residents. Its 120.48 hectares work out to about 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Keelapalaiyur

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

Keelapalaiyur lies about 53 km from Cuddalore, and the nearest railway station is Vriddhachalam Town, about 9.4 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 Keelapalaiyur
Tehsil headquarters Virudhachalam 7.7 km
Nearest railway station Vriddhachalam Town 9.4 km
District headquarters Cuddalore 53 km

Villages closest to Keelapalaiyur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Keelapalaiyur village had a population of 838. That makes it the 136th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,130 residents.

Keelapalaiyur village has 415 males and 423 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keelapalaiyur has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Keelapalaiyur is 606103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keelapalaiyur covers 120.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Keelapalaiyur falls under Virudhachalam tehsil of Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Keelapalaiyur is Vriddhachalam Town, about 9.4 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 Keelapalaiyur.

Keelapalaiyur is about 53 km from Cuddalore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keelapalaiyur is in Virudhachalam tehsil of Cuddalore district. Virudhachalam is about 7.7 km away. Vriddhachalam Town is about 9.4 km away. Cuddalore is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Melapalaiyur (under 2 km), Sakkaramangalam (1.5 km) and Valliyam (1.5 km).

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

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