About Orathupalayam Village

Orathupalayam is a small village in Perundurai tehsil, in the district of Erode, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 385, made up of 194 males and 191 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 277.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 638051, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Orathupalayam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Orathupalayam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Erode
Tehsil	Perundurai
Pincode	638051
Area (hectares)	277.01 hectares
Population	385
Male Population	194
Female Population	191
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	985
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Orathupalayam compares

By the 2011 count Orathupalayam is the 58th 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 277.01 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Orathupalayam

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

Orathupalayam lies about 40 km from Erode, and the nearest railway station is Koolipalayam, about 2.8 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 Orathupalayam
Nearest railway station	Koolipalayam	2.8 km
Nearest town	Nerupperichchal	3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Perundurai	23 km
District headquarters	Erode	40 km

Villages closest to Orathupalayam

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 Orathupalayam

As per the Census of India 2011, Orathupalayam village had a population of 385. That makes it the 58th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,317 residents.

Orathupalayam village has 194 males and 191 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Orathupalayam has about 985 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 985.

The pincode recorded for Orathupalayam is 638051. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Orathupalayam covers 277.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Orathupalayam is Koolipalayam, about 2.8 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 10+ km distance for Orathupalayam.

Orathupalayam is about 40 km from Erode in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Orathupalayam is in Perundurai tehsil of Erode district. Koolipalayam is about 2.8 km away. Nerupperichchal is about 3.8 km away. Perundurai is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.