About Puliyanthurai Village

Puliyanthurai is a mid sized village in Sirkali tehsil, in the district of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,913, made up of 959 males and 954 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 995 females per 1000 males. The village covers 647.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 609101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Puliyanthurai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puliyanthurai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Nagapattinam
Tehsil	Sirkali
Pincode	609101
Area (hectares)	647.76 hectares
Population	1,913
Male Population	959
Female Population	954
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	995
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Puliyanthurai compares

By the 2011 count Puliyanthurai is the 59th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,194 residents. Its 647.76 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Puliyanthurai

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

Puliyanthurai lies about 64 km from Nagapattinam, and the nearest railway station is Kollidam, about 8.7 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 Puliyanthurai
Nearest railway station	Kollidam	8.7 km
Nearest town	Chidambaram	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sirkali	14 km
District headquarters	Nagapattinam	64 km

Villages closest to Puliyanthurai

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 Puliyanthurai

As per the Census of India 2011, Puliyanthurai village had a population of 1,913. That makes it the 59th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,194 residents.

Puliyanthurai village has 959 males and 954 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puliyanthurai has about 995 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1022.

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

Puliyanthurai covers 647.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Puliyanthurai is Kollidam, about 8.7 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 Puliyanthurai.

Puliyanthurai is about 64 km from Nagapattinam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puliyanthurai is in Sirkali tehsil of Nagapattinam district. Kollidam is about 8.7 km away. Chidambaram is about 13 km away. Sirkali is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.