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About Padinettankudi Village

Padinettankudi is a large village in Melur tehsil, in the district of Madurai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,478, made up of 1,290 males and 1,188 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 869.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 625106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padinettankudi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padinettankudi village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Madurai
Tehsil Melur
Pincode 625106
Area (hectares) 869.04 hectares
Population 2,478
Male Population 1,290
Female Population 1,188
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 921
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Padinettankudi compares

By the 2011 count Padinettankudi is the 42nd largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,077 residents. Its 869.04 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Padinettankudi

Padinettankudi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Padinettankudi 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Padinettankudi from other places

Padinettankudi lies about 25 km from Madurai, and the nearest railway station is Silaiman, about 21 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 Padinettankudi
Tehsil headquarters Melur 4.0 km
Nearest railway station Silaiman 21 km
District headquarters Madurai 25 km

Villages closest to Padinettankudi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Padinettankudi village had a population of 2,478. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,077 residents.

Padinettankudi village has 1,290 males and 1,188 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padinettankudi has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Padinettankudi is 625106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padinettankudi covers 869.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Padinettankudi falls under Melur tehsil of Madurai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Padinettankudi is Silaiman, about 21 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Padinettankudi.

Padinettankudi is about 25 km from Madurai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padinettankudi is in Melur tehsil of Madurai district. Melur is about 4.0 km away. Silaiman is about 21 km away. Madurai is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Attukulam (2.3 km), Kottagudi (2.8 km) and Valayankulam (3.0 km).

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

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