About Thenpalanji Village

Thenpalanji is a mid sized village in Madurai South tehsil, in the district of Madurai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,543, made up of 759 males and 784 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 435.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 625021, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thenpalanji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thenpalanji village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Madurai
Tehsil	Madurai South
Pincode	625021
Area (hectares)	435.83 hectares
Population	1,543
Male Population	759
Female Population	784
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,033
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Thenpalanji compares

By the 2011 count Thenpalanji is the 26th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,117 residents. Its 435.83 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Thenpalanji

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

Thenpalanji lies about 13 km from Madurai, and the nearest railway station is Vadapalanji, about 3.8 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 Thenpalanji
Nearest railway station	Vadapalanji	3.8 km
Nearest town	Tirupparangunram	8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Madurai South	13 km
District headquarters	Madurai	13 km

Villages closest to Thenpalanji

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Madurai South 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 Thenpalanji

As per the Census of India 2011, Thenpalanji village had a population of 1,543. That makes it the 26th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,117 residents.

Thenpalanji village has 759 males and 784 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thenpalanji has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Thenpalanji is 625021. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thenpalanji covers 435.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Thenpalanji falls under Madurai South tehsil of Madurai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Thenpalanji is Vadapalanji, about 3.8 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 Thenpalanji.

Thenpalanji is about 13 km from Madurai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thenpalanji is in Madurai South tehsil of Madurai district. Vadapalanji is about 3.8 km away. Tirupparangunram is about 8.3 km away. Madurai South is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.