About Palakurichi Village

Palakurichi is a mid sized village in Kilvelur tehsil, in the district of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,624, made up of 837 males and 787 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 502.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 611109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palakurichi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palakurichi village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Nagapattinam
Tehsil	Kilvelur
Pincode	611109
Area (hectares)	502.72 hectares
Population	1,624
Male Population	837
Female Population	787
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	940
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palakurichi compares

By the 2011 count Palakurichi is the 26th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,193 residents. Its 502.72 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 1026.

Getting to Palakurichi

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

Palakurichi lies about 31 km from Nagapattinam, and the nearest railway station is Mavur Road, about 6.4 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 Palakurichi
Nearest railway station	Mavur Road	6.4 km
Nearest town	Koothanallur	8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kilvelur	21 km
District headquarters	Nagapattinam	31 km

Villages closest to Palakurichi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palakurichi village had a population of 1,624. That makes it the 26th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,193 residents.

Palakurichi village has 837 males and 787 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palakurichi has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Palakurichi is 611109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palakurichi covers 502.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palakurichi falls under Kilvelur tehsil of Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Palakurichi is Mavur Road, about 6.4 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 Palakurichi.

Palakurichi is about 31 km from Nagapattinam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palakurichi is in Kilvelur tehsil of Nagapattinam district. Mavur Road is about 6.4 km away. Koothanallur is about 8.7 km away. Kilvelur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.