About Gedamalai Village

Gedamalai is a small village in Rasipuram tehsil, in the district of Namakkal, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 218, made up of 107 males and 111 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,037 females per 1000 males. The village covers 184.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 637408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gedamalai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gedamalai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Namakkal
Tehsil	Rasipuram
Pincode	637408
Area (hectares)	184.43 hectares
Population	218
Male Population	107
Female Population	111
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,037
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gedamalai compares

By the 2011 count Gedamalai is the 86th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,246 residents. Its 184.43 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Gedamalai

Gedamalai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gedamalai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Gedamalai from other places

Gedamalai lies about 38 km from Namakkal, and the nearest railway station is Minnampalli, about 14 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 Gedamalai
Nearest town	Nāmagiripettai	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rasipuram	14 km
Nearest railway station	Minnampalli	14 km
District headquarters	Namakkal	38 km

Villages closest to Gedamalai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gedamalai village had a population of 218. That makes it the 86th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,246 residents.

Gedamalai village has 107 males and 111 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gedamalai has about 1037 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Gedamalai is 637408. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gedamalai covers 184.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gedamalai falls under Rasipuram tehsil of Namakkal district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Gedamalai is Minnampalli, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gedamalai.

Gedamalai is about 38 km from Namakkal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gedamalai is in Rasipuram tehsil of Namakkal district. Nāmagiripettai is about 10 km away. Rasipuram is about 14 km away. Minnampalli is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.