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About Sengudi Village

Sengudi is a mid sized village in Kuthalam tehsil, in the district of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,114, made up of 557 males and 557 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 244.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 609401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sengudi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sengudi village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Nagapattinam
Tehsil Kuthalam
Pincode 609401
Area (hectares) 244.58 hectares
Population 1,114
Male Population 557
Female Population 557
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Sengudi compares

By the 2011 count Sengudi is the 47th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,106 residents. Its 244.58 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Sengudi

Sengudi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Sengudi as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sengudi from other places

Sengudi lies about 40 km from Nagapattinam, and the nearest railway station is Mayiladuthurai Junction, about 6.1 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 Sengudi
Nearest railway station Mayiladuthurai Junction 6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Kuthalam 6.2 km
Nearest town Mayiladuthurai 8.2 km
District headquarters Nagapattinam 40 km

Villages closest to Sengudi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sengudi village had a population of 1,114. That makes it the 47th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,106 residents.

Sengudi village has 557 males and 557 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sengudi has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Sengudi is 609401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sengudi covers 244.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sengudi falls under Kuthalam tehsil of Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Sengudi is Mayiladuthurai Junction, about 6.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sengudi.

Sengudi is about 40 km from Nagapattinam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sengudi is in Kuthalam tehsil of Nagapattinam district. Mayiladuthurai Junction is about 6.1 km away. Kuthalam is about 6.2 km away. Mayiladuthurai is about 8.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kappur (1.8 km), Asikkadu (1.9 km) and Ananthanallur (2.5 km).

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

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