About Palayanur Village

Palayanur is a large village in Maduranthakam tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,213, made up of 2,076 males and 2,137 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 996.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603308, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palayanur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palayanur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Maduranthakam
Pincode	603308
Area (hectares)	996.31 hectares
Population	4,213
Male Population	2,076
Female Population	2,137
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,029
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 1 km distance

How Palayanur compares

By the 2011 count Palayanur is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 996.31 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Palayanur

Palayanur 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 Palayanur 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 1 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palayanur from other places

Palayanur lies about 33 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Manavur, about 3.4 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 Palayanur
Nearest railway station	Manavur	3.4 km
Nearest town	Arakkonam	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Maduranthakam	33 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	33 km

Villages closest to Palayanur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palayanur village had a population of 4,213. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Palayanur village has 2,076 males and 2,137 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palayanur has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Palayanur is 603308. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palayanur covers 996.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palayanur falls under Maduranthakam tehsil of Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Palayanur is Manavur, about 3.4 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Palayanur.

Palayanur is about 33 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palayanur is in Maduranthakam tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Manavur is about 3.4 km away. Arakkonam is about 13 km away. Maduranthakam is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.