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About Dharmadanapuram Village

Dharmadanapuram is a large village in Mayiladuthurai tehsil, in the district of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,507, made up of 1,254 males and 1,253 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 999 females per 1000 males. The village covers 603.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 609117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dharmadanapuram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharmadanapuram village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Nagapattinam
Tehsil Mayiladuthurai
Pincode 609117
Area (hectares) 603.88 hectares
Population 2,507
Male Population 1,254
Female Population 1,253
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 999
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Dharmadanapuram compares

By the 2011 count Dharmadanapuram is the 28th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,796 residents. Its 603.88 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Dharmadanapuram

Dharmadanapuram 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 Dharmadanapuram 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dharmadanapuram from other places

Dharmadanapuram lies about 42 km from Nagapattinam, and the nearest railway station is Nidur, about 3.4 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 Dharmadanapuram
Tehsil headquarters Mayiladuthurai under 2 km
Nearest railway station Nidur 3.4 km
District headquarters Nagapattinam 42 km

Villages closest to Dharmadanapuram

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharmadanapuram village had a population of 2,507. That makes it the 28th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,796 residents.

Dharmadanapuram village has 1,254 males and 1,253 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharmadanapuram has about 999 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Dharmadanapuram is 609117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dharmadanapuram covers 603.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dharmadanapuram falls under Mayiladuthurai tehsil of Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Dharmadanapuram is Nidur, about 3.4 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Dharmadanapuram.

Dharmadanapuram is about 42 km from Nagapattinam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharmadanapuram is in Mayiladuthurai tehsil of Nagapattinam district. Mayiladuthurai is about under 2 km away. Nidur is about 3.4 km away. Nagapattinam is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mayiladuthurai (under 2 km), Thiruindalur (1.6 km) and Nallathukudi (1.7 km).

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

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