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About Velimalai Forest Village

Velimalai Forest is a small village in Kalkulam tehsil, in the district of Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 96, made up of 56 males and 40 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 714 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1126 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 629161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Velimalai Forest Overview

Census 2011 figures for Velimalai Forest village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Kanniyakumari
Tehsil Kalkulam
Pincode 629161
Area (hectares) 1126 hectares
Population 96
Male Population 56
Female Population 40
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 714
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Velimalai Forest compares

By the 2011 count Velimalai Forest is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 6,667 residents. Its 1126 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Velimalai Forest

Velimalai Forest is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Velimalai Forest as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Velimalai Forest from other places

Velimalai Forest lies about 23 km from Kanniyakumari, and the nearest railway station is Viranialur, about 5.9 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 Velimalai Forest
Nearest railway station Viranialur 5.9 km
Nearest town Colachel 9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Kalkulam 23 km
District headquarters Kanniyakumari 23 km

Villages closest to Velimalai Forest

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kalkulam 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 Velimalai Forest

As per the Census of India 2011, Velimalai Forest village had a population of 96. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 6,667 residents.

Velimalai Forest village has 56 males and 40 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Velimalai Forest has about 714 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Velimalai Forest is 629161. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Velimalai Forest covers 1126 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Velimalai Forest falls under Kalkulam tehsil of Kanniyakumari district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Velimalai Forest is Viranialur, about 5.9 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Velimalai Forest.

Velimalai Forest is about 23 km from Kanniyakumari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Velimalai Forest is in Kalkulam tehsil of Kanniyakumari district. Viranialur is about 5.9 km away. Colachel is about 9.2 km away. Kalkulam is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kurunthencode (3.2 km), Kadiapattinam (4.0 km) and Thalakkulam (4.2 km).

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

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