About Madhanam Village

Madhanam is a mid sized village in Sirkali tehsil, in the district of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,336, made up of 650 males and 686 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,055 females per 1000 males. The village covers 467.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 609104, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madhanam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madhanam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Nagapattinam
Tehsil	Sirkali
Pincode	609104
Area (hectares)	467.1 hectares
Population	1,336
Male Population	650
Female Population	686
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,055
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Madhanam compares

By the 2011 count Madhanam is the 77th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,194 residents. Its 467.1 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Madhanam

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

Madhanam lies about 60 km from Nagapattinam, and the nearest railway station is Kollidam, about 6.6 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 Madhanam
Nearest railway station	Kollidam	6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sirkali	7.3 km
Nearest town	Sīrkāzhi	7.3 km
District headquarters	Nagapattinam	60 km

Villages closest to Madhanam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madhanam village had a population of 1,336. That makes it the 77th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,194 residents.

Madhanam village has 650 males and 686 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madhanam has about 1055 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Madhanam is 609104. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madhanam covers 467.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Madhanam falls under Sirkali tehsil of Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Madhanam is Kollidam, about 6.6 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 Madhanam.

Madhanam is about 60 km from Nagapattinam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madhanam is in Sirkali tehsil of Nagapattinam district. Kollidam is about 6.6 km away. Sirkali is about 7.3 km away. Sīrkāzhi is about 7.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.