About Palayapalayam Village

Palayapalayam is a large village in Sirkali tehsil, in the district of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,305, made up of 2,121 males and 2,184 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1011.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 609101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palayapalayam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palayapalayam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Nagapattinam
Tehsil	Sirkali
Pincode	609101
Area (hectares)	1011.86 hectares
Population	4,305
Male Population	2,121
Female Population	2,184
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,030
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palayapalayam compares

By the 2011 count Palayapalayam is the 15th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,194 residents. Its 1011.86 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Palayapalayam

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

How far is Palayapalayam from other places

Palayapalayam lies about 60 km from Nagapattinam, and the nearest railway station is Kollidam, about 8.5 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 Palayapalayam
Nearest railway station	Kollidam	8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sirkali	9.6 km
Nearest town	Sīrkāzhi	9.6 km
District headquarters	Nagapattinam	60 km

Villages closest to Palayapalayam

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 Palayapalayam

As per the Census of India 2011, Palayapalayam village had a population of 4,305. That makes it the 15th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,194 residents.

Palayapalayam village has 2,121 males and 2,184 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palayapalayam has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Palayapalayam is 609101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palayapalayam covers 1011.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Palayapalayam is Kollidam, about 8.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Palayapalayam 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.

Palayapalayam is in Sirkali tehsil of Nagapattinam district. Kollidam is about 8.5 km away. Sirkali is about 9.6 km away. Sīrkāzhi is about 9.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.