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About Punjaipudupalayam Village

Punjaipudupalayam is a mid sized village in Tiruchengode tehsil, in the district of Namakkal, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 695, made up of 344 males and 351 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 364.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 637202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punjaipudupalayam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punjaipudupalayam village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Namakkal
Tehsil Tiruchengode
Pincode 637202
Area (hectares) 364.88 hectares
Population 695
Male Population 344
Female Population 351
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,020
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Punjaipudupalayam compares

By the 2011 count Punjaipudupalayam is the 82nd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,079 residents. Its 364.88 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1114.

Getting to Punjaipudupalayam

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

Punjaipudupalayam lies about 20 km from Namakkal, and the nearest railway station is Pasur, about 18 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 Punjaipudupalayam
Tehsil headquarters Tiruchengode 14 km
Nearest railway station Pasur 18 km
District headquarters Namakkal 20 km

Villages closest to Punjaipudupalayam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punjaipudupalayam village had a population of 695. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,079 residents.

Punjaipudupalayam village has 344 males and 351 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punjaipudupalayam has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1114.

The pincode recorded for Punjaipudupalayam is 637202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punjaipudupalayam covers 364.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Punjaipudupalayam falls under Tiruchengode tehsil of Namakkal district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Punjaipudupalayam is Pasur, about 18 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 Punjaipudupalayam.

Punjaipudupalayam is about 20 km from Namakkal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punjaipudupalayam is in Tiruchengode tehsil of Namakkal district. Tiruchengode is about 14 km away. Pasur is about 18 km away. Namakkal is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Koothampoondi (under 2 km), Koothampoondi Agraharam (under 2 km) and Pullagoundampatti (3.0 km).

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

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