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About Giddanahalli Village

Giddanahalli is a mid sized village in Palakkodu tehsil, in the district of Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,019, made up of 533 males and 486 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 28.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 636805, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Giddanahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Giddanahalli village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Dharmapuri
Tehsil Palakkodu
Pincode 636805
Area (hectares) 28.34 hectares
Population 1,019
Male Population 533
Female Population 486
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 912
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Giddanahalli compares

By the 2011 count Giddanahalli is the 74th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,187 residents. Its 28.34 hectares work out to about 36 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 928.

Getting to Giddanahalli

Giddanahalli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Giddanahalli 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Giddanahalli from other places

Giddanahalli lies about 34 km from Dharmapuri, and the nearest railway station is Marandahalli, about 4.0 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 Giddanahalli
Nearest railway station Marandahalli 4.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Palakkodu 12 km
Nearest town Pālakkodu 12 km
District headquarters Dharmapuri 34 km

Villages closest to Giddanahalli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Giddanahalli village had a population of 1,019. That makes it the 74th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,187 residents.

Giddanahalli village has 533 males and 486 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Giddanahalli has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 928.

The pincode recorded for Giddanahalli is 636805. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Giddanahalli covers 28.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 36 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Giddanahalli falls under Palakkodu tehsil of Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Giddanahalli is Marandahalli, about 4.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Giddanahalli.

Giddanahalli is about 34 km from Dharmapuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Giddanahalli is in Palakkodu tehsil of Dharmapuri district. Marandahalli is about 4.0 km away. Palakkodu is about 12 km away. Pālakkodu is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jittandahalli (under 2 km), Bandarahalli (1.7 km) and Mahendramangalam (2.2 km).

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

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