About Maligaimedu Village

Maligaimedu is a mid sized village in Virudhachalam tehsil, in the district of Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,555, made up of 803 males and 752 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 319.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 606204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maligaimedu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maligaimedu village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Cuddalore
Tehsil	Virudhachalam
Pincode	606204
Area (hectares)	319.35 hectares
Population	1,555
Male Population	803
Female Population	752
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maligaimedu compares

By the 2011 count Maligaimedu is the 86th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,130 residents. Its 319.35 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Maligaimedu

Maligaimedu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Maligaimedu as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Maligaimedu from other places

Maligaimedu lies about 76 km from Cuddalore, and the nearest railway station is Kuttakudi, about 7.3 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 Maligaimedu
Nearest railway station	Kuttakudi	7.3 km
Nearest town	Kallakurichi	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Virudhachalam	28 km
District headquarters	Cuddalore	76 km

Villages closest to Maligaimedu

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.

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Common questions about Maligaimedu

As per the Census of India 2011, Maligaimedu village had a population of 1,555. That makes it the 86th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,130 residents.

Maligaimedu village has 803 males and 752 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maligaimedu has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Maligaimedu is 606204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maligaimedu covers 319.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Maligaimedu is Kuttakudi, about 7.3 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 5 - 10 km distance for Maligaimedu.

Maligaimedu is about 76 km from Cuddalore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maligaimedu is in Virudhachalam tehsil of Cuddalore district. Kuttakudi is about 7.3 km away. Kallakurichi is about 21 km away. Virudhachalam is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.