About Olapalayam Village

Olapalayam is a mid sized village in Perundurai tehsil, in the district of Erode, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 646, made up of 320 males and 326 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 638107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Olapalayam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Olapalayam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Erode
Tehsil	Perundurai
Pincode	638107
Area (hectares)	106.96 hectares
Population	646
Male Population	320
Female Population	326
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 Olapalayam compares

By the 2011 count Olapalayam is the 55th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,317 residents. Its 106.96 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Olapalayam

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

Olapalayam lies about 12 km from Erode, and the nearest railway station is Cauvery, about 12 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 Olapalayam
Nearest town	Kumarapalayam	under 2 km
District headquarters	Erode	12 km
Nearest railway station	Cauvery	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Perundurai	23 km

Villages closest to Olapalayam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Olapalayam village had a population of 646. That makes it the 55th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,317 residents.

Olapalayam village has 320 males and 326 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Olapalayam has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 985.

The pincode recorded for Olapalayam is 638107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Olapalayam covers 106.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Olapalayam falls under Perundurai tehsil of Erode district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Olapalayam is Cauvery, about 12 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 Olapalayam.

Olapalayam is about 12 km from Erode in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Olapalayam is in Perundurai tehsil of Erode district. Kumarapalayam is about under 2 km away. Erode is about 12 km away. Cauvery is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.