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About Therkupanaiyur Village

Therkupanaiyur is a mid sized village in Thirukkuvalai tehsil, in the district of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,778, made up of 885 males and 893 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 464.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 610207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Therkupanaiyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Therkupanaiyur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Nagapattinam
Tehsil Thirukkuvalai
Pincode 610207
Area (hectares) 464.86 hectares
Population 1,778
Male Population 885
Female Population 893
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,009
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Therkupanaiyur compares

By the 2011 count Therkupanaiyur is the 18th largest of the 35 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,736 residents. Its 464.86 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1026.

Getting to Therkupanaiyur

The census records public bus service for Therkupanaiyur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Therkupanaiyur from other places

Therkupanaiyur lies about 17 km from Nagapattinam, and the nearest railway station is Ammanur, about 11 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 Therkupanaiyur
Nearest railway station Ammanur 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Thirukkuvalai 17 km
District headquarters Nagapattinam 17 km

Villages closest to Therkupanaiyur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Therkupanaiyur village had a population of 1,778. That makes it the 18th largest of the 35 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,736 residents.

Therkupanaiyur village has 885 males and 893 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Therkupanaiyur has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Therkupanaiyur is 610207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Therkupanaiyur covers 464.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Therkupanaiyur falls under Thirukkuvalai tehsil of Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Therkupanaiyur is Ammanur, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Therkupanaiyur.

Therkupanaiyur is about 17 km from Nagapattinam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Therkupanaiyur is in Thirukkuvalai tehsil of Nagapattinam district. Ammanur is about 11 km away. Thirukkuvalai is about 17 km away. Nagapattinam is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Vadakkupanaiyur (under 2 km), Vallam (2.5 km) and Malavelakarai (3.1 km).

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

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