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About Madapuram Village

Madapuram is a mid sized village in Thirukkuvalai tehsil, in the district of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,527, made up of 761 males and 766 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 386.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 611103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madapuram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madapuram village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Nagapattinam
Tehsil Thirukkuvalai
Pincode 611103
Area (hectares) 386.92 hectares
Population 1,527
Male Population 761
Female Population 766
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,007
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Madapuram compares

By the 2011 count Madapuram is the 24th largest of the 35 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,736 residents. Its 386.92 hectares work out to about 3.9 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 Madapuram

Madapuram is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Madapuram as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Madapuram from other places

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

Villages closest to Madapuram

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 Madapuram

As per the Census of India 2011, Madapuram village had a population of 1,527. That makes it the 24th largest of the 35 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,736 residents.

Madapuram village has 761 males and 766 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madapuram has about 1007 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 Madapuram is 611103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madapuram covers 386.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Madapuram is Velankanni, about 11 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 <5 km distance for Madapuram.

Madapuram 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.

Madapuram is in Thirukkuvalai tehsil of Nagapattinam district. Velankanni 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 Valakarai (under 2 km), Meenamanallur (2.3 km) and Malavelakarai (2.9 km).

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

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