About Pillakalathur Village

Pillakalathur is a large village in Paramathi Velur tehsil, in the district of Namakkal, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,034, made up of 1,135 males and 899 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 792 females per 1000 males. The village covers 682.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 637207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pillakalathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pillakalathur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Namakkal
Tehsil	Paramathi Velur
Pincode	637207
Area (hectares)	682.82 hectares
Population	2,034
Male Population	1,135
Female Population	899
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	792
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pillakalathur compares

By the 2011 count Pillakalathur is the 30th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,312 residents. Its 682.82 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Pillakalathur

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

Pillakalathur lies about 16 km from Namakkal, and the nearest railway station is Pugalur, about 15 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 Pillakalathur
Tehsil headquarters	Paramathi Velur	8.0 km
Nearest railway station	Pugalur	15 km
District headquarters	Namakkal	16 km

Villages closest to Pillakalathur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Paramathi Velur 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 Pillakalathur

As per the Census of India 2011, Pillakalathur village had a population of 2,034. That makes it the 30th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,312 residents.

Pillakalathur village has 1,135 males and 899 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pillakalathur has about 792 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Pillakalathur is 637207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pillakalathur covers 682.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pillakalathur falls under Paramathi Velur tehsil of Namakkal district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Pillakalathur is Pugalur, about 15 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 Pillakalathur.

Pillakalathur is about 16 km from Namakkal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pillakalathur is in Paramathi Velur tehsil of Namakkal district. Paramathi Velur is about 8.0 km away. Pugalur is about 15 km away. Namakkal is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.