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About Mailai Village

Mailai is a mid sized village in Chengalpattu tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,148, made up of 558 males and 590 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,057 females per 1000 males. The village covers 197.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mailai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mailai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Kancheepuram
Tehsil Chengalpattu
Pincode 603108
Area (hectares) 197.19 hectares
Population 1,148
Male Population 558
Female Population 590
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,057
Bus Service (public) Available within 3 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 1 km distance

How Mailai compares

By the 2011 count Mailai is the 70th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents. Its 197.19 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Mailai

Mailai is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Mailai as Available within 3 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 1 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Mailai from other places

Mailai lies about 47 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Singaperumal Koil, about 13 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 Mailai
Nearest town Tirukkalikkunram 12 km
Nearest railway station Singaperumal Koil 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Chengalpattu 14 km
District headquarters Kancheepuram 47 km

Villages closest to Mailai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mailai village had a population of 1,148. That makes it the 70th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents.

Mailai village has 558 males and 590 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mailai has about 1057 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Mailai is 603108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mailai covers 197.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mailai falls under Chengalpattu tehsil of Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Mailai is Singaperumal Koil, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 1 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 3 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10 km distance for Mailai.

Mailai is about 47 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mailai is in Chengalpattu tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Tirukkalikkunram is about 12 km away. Singaperumal Koil is about 13 km away. Chengalpattu is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Viralpakkam (under 2 km), Vengur U (1.7 km) and Kottamedu (1.7 km).

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

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