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About Maraiyur Village

Maraiyur is a mid sized village in Mayiladuthurai tehsil, in the district of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,343, made up of 616 males and 727 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,180 females per 1000 males. The village covers 245.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 609806, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maraiyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maraiyur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Nagapattinam
Tehsil Mayiladuthurai
Pincode 609806
Area (hectares) 245.41 hectares
Population 1,343
Male Population 616
Female Population 727
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,180
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Maraiyur compares

By the 2011 count Maraiyur is the 56th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,796 residents. Its 245.41 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Maraiyur

Maraiyur 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 Maraiyur 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 Maraiyur from other places

Maraiyur lies about 42 km from Nagapattinam, and the nearest railway station is Mayiladuthurai Junction, about 3.0 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 Maraiyur
Nearest railway station Mayiladuthurai Junction 3.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Mayiladuthurai 5.1 km
District headquarters Nagapattinam 42 km

Villages closest to Maraiyur

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 Maraiyur

As per the Census of India 2011, Maraiyur village had a population of 1,343. That makes it the 56th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,796 residents.

Maraiyur village has 616 males and 727 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maraiyur has about 1180 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Maraiyur is 609806. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maraiyur covers 245.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Maraiyur is Mayiladuthurai Junction, about 3.0 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 Maraiyur.

Maraiyur 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.

Maraiyur is in Mayiladuthurai tehsil of Nagapattinam district. Mayiladuthurai Junction is about 3.0 km away. Mayiladuthurai is about 5.1 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 Kovangudi (under 2 km), Muvalur (2.2 km) and Sitharkadu (2.4 km).

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

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