About Dharmapuram Village

Dharmapuram is one of the larger villages in Agastheeswaram tehsil, in the district of Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,196, made up of 3,000 males and 3,196 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,065 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1176.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 629501, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dharmapuram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharmapuram village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kanniyakumari
Tehsil	Agastheeswaram
Pincode	629501
Area (hectares)	1176.97 hectares
Population	6,196
Male Population	3,000
Female Population	3,196
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,065
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dharmapuram compares

By the 2011 count Dharmapuram is the 7th largest of the 19 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 5,566 residents. Its 1176.97 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Dharmapuram

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

Dharmapuram lies about 17 km from Kanniyakumari, and the nearest railway station is Nagercoil Junction, about 8.5 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 Dharmapuram
Nearest town	Nāgercoil	8.1 km
Nearest railway station	Nagercoil Junction	8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Agastheeswaram	15 km
District headquarters	Kanniyakumari	17 km

Villages closest to Dharmapuram

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharmapuram village had a population of 6,196. That makes it the 7th largest of the 19 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,566 residents.

Dharmapuram village has 3,000 males and 3,196 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharmapuram has about 1065 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Dharmapuram is 629501. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dharmapuram covers 1176.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dharmapuram falls under Agastheeswaram tehsil of Kanniyakumari district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Dharmapuram is Nagercoil Junction, about 8.5 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 Dharmapuram.

Dharmapuram is about 17 km from Kanniyakumari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharmapuram is in Agastheeswaram tehsil of Kanniyakumari district. Nāgercoil is about 8.1 km away. Nagercoil Junction is about 8.5 km away. Agastheeswaram is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.