About Palaiyur Village

Palaiyur is a mid sized village in Alangudi tehsil, in the district of Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,219, made up of 573 males and 646 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,127 females per 1000 males. The village covers 669.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 622201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palaiyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palaiyur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Pudukkottai
Tehsil	Alangudi
Pincode	622201
Area (hectares)	669.81 hectares
Population	1,219
Male Population	573
Female Population	646
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,127
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palaiyur compares

By the 2011 count Palaiyur is the 41st largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,124 residents. Its 669.81 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1028.

Getting to Palaiyur

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

Palaiyur lies about 14 km from Pudukkottai, and the nearest railway station is Namanasamudram, 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 Palaiyur
Tehsil headquarters	Alangudi	13 km
District headquarters	Pudukkottai	14 km
Nearest railway station	Namanasamudram	14 km

Villages closest to Palaiyur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palaiyur village had a population of 1,219. That makes it the 41st largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,124 residents.

Palaiyur village has 573 males and 646 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palaiyur has about 1127 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1028.

The pincode recorded for Palaiyur is 622201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palaiyur covers 669.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palaiyur falls under Alangudi tehsil of Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Palaiyur is Namanasamudram, 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Palaiyur.

Palaiyur is about 14 km from Pudukkottai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palaiyur is in Alangudi tehsil of Pudukkottai district. Alangudi is about 13 km away. Pudukkottai is about 14 km away. Namanasamudram is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.