About Sholampettai Village

Sholampettai is a large village in Mayiladuthurai tehsil, in the district of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,401, made up of 2,260 males and 2,141 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 464.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 609003, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sholampettai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sholampettai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Nagapattinam
Tehsil	Mayiladuthurai
Pincode	609003
Area (hectares)	464.68 hectares
Population	4,401
Male Population	2,260
Female Population	2,141
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	947
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sholampettai compares

By the 2011 count Sholampettai is the 9th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,796 residents. Its 464.68 hectares work out to about 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Sholampettai

Sholampettai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sholampettai 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sholampettai from other places

Sholampettai lies about 38 km from Nagapattinam, and the nearest railway station is Mayiladuthurai Junction, about 6.2 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 Sholampettai
Tehsil headquarters	Mayiladuthurai	5.0 km
Nearest railway station	Mayiladuthurai Junction	6.2 km
District headquarters	Nagapattinam	38 km

Villages closest to Sholampettai

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.

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Common questions about Sholampettai

As per the Census of India 2011, Sholampettai village had a population of 4,401. That makes it the 9th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,796 residents.

Sholampettai village has 2,260 males and 2,141 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sholampettai has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Sholampettai is 609003. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sholampettai covers 464.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Sholampettai is Mayiladuthurai Junction, about 6.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Sholampettai.

Sholampettai is about 38 km from Nagapattinam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sholampettai is in Mayiladuthurai tehsil of Nagapattinam district. Mayiladuthurai is about 5.0 km away. Mayiladuthurai Junction is about 6.2 km away. Nagapattinam is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.