About Sengulam Village

Sengulam is a mid sized village in Peraiyur tehsil, in the district of Madurai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,208, made up of 597 males and 611 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 423.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 625702, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sengulam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sengulam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Madurai
Tehsil	Peraiyur
Pincode	625702
Area (hectares)	423.91 hectares
Population	1,208
Male Population	597
Female Population	611
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,023
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sengulam compares

By the 2011 count Sengulam is the 50th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,337 residents. Its 423.91 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Sengulam

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

Sengulam lies about 70 km from Madurai, and the nearest railway station is Srivilliputtur, about under 2 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 Sengulam
Nearest railway station	Srivilliputtur	under 2 km
Nearest town	Srivilliputhur	2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Peraiyur	32 km
District headquarters	Madurai	70 km

Villages closest to Sengulam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sengulam village had a population of 1,208. That makes it the 50th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,337 residents.

Sengulam village has 597 males and 611 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sengulam has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Sengulam is 625702. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sengulam covers 423.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sengulam falls under Peraiyur tehsil of Madurai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Sengulam is Srivilliputtur, about under 2 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 Sengulam.

Sengulam is about 70 km from Madurai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sengulam is in Peraiyur tehsil of Madurai district. Srivilliputtur is about under 2 km away. Srivilliputhur is about 2.9 km away. Peraiyur is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.