About Dakshinapuram Village

Dakshinapuram is a large village in Alangudi tehsil, in the district of Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,438, made up of 1,211 males and 1,227 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 786.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 622303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dakshinapuram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dakshinapuram village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Pudukkottai
Tehsil	Alangudi
Pincode	622303
Area (hectares)	786.6 hectares
Population	2,438
Male Population	1,211
Female Population	1,227
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,013
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dakshinapuram compares

By the 2011 count Dakshinapuram is the 24th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,124 residents. Its 786.6 hectares work out to about 3.1 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 1028.

Getting to Dakshinapuram

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

Dakshinapuram lies about 12 km from Pudukkottai, and the nearest railway station is Pudukkotai, about 13 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 Dakshinapuram
Tehsil headquarters	Alangudi	7.7 km
District headquarters	Pudukkottai	12 km
Nearest railway station	Pudukkotai	13 km

Villages closest to Dakshinapuram

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 Dakshinapuram

As per the Census of India 2011, Dakshinapuram village had a population of 2,438. That makes it the 24th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,124 residents.

Dakshinapuram village has 1,211 males and 1,227 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dakshinapuram has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1028.

The pincode recorded for Dakshinapuram is 622303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dakshinapuram covers 786.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Dakshinapuram is Pudukkotai, about 13 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 Dakshinapuram.

Dakshinapuram is about 12 km from Pudukkottai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dakshinapuram is in Alangudi tehsil of Pudukkottai district. Alangudi is about 7.7 km away. Pudukkottai is about 12 km away. Pudukkotai is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.