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About Pagasalai Village

Pagasalai is a large village in Sirkali tehsil, in the district of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,086, made up of 1,023 males and 1,063 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 481.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 609117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pagasalai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pagasalai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Nagapattinam
Tehsil Sirkali
Pincode 609117
Area (hectares) 481.54 hectares
Population 2,086
Male Population 1,023
Female Population 1,063
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,039
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Pagasalai compares

By the 2011 count Pagasalai is the 54th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,194 residents. Its 481.54 hectares work out to about 4.3 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 Pagasalai

Pagasalai 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 Pagasalai 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 Pagasalai from other places

Pagasalai lies about 48 km from Nagapattinam, and the nearest railway station is Vithisvarankol, about 4.7 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 Pagasalai
Nearest railway station Vithisvarankol 4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Sirkali 6.0 km
Nearest town Sīrkāzhi 6.0 km
District headquarters Nagapattinam 48 km

Villages closest to Pagasalai

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.

Common questions about Pagasalai

As per the Census of India 2011, Pagasalai village had a population of 2,086. That makes it the 54th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,194 residents.

Pagasalai village has 1,023 males and 1,063 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pagasalai has about 1039 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1022.

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

Pagasalai covers 481.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Pagasalai is Vithisvarankol, about 4.7 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 Pagasalai.

Pagasalai is about 48 km from Nagapattinam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pagasalai is in Sirkali tehsil of Nagapattinam district. Vithisvarankol is about 4.7 km away. Sirkali is about 6.0 km away. Sīrkāzhi is about 6.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kondathur (2.6 km), Sembathaniruppu (3.0 km) and Karaimedu (3.0 km).

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

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