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About Gudalur Village

Gudalur is a mid sized village in Ponnamaravathi tehsil, in the district of Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 716, made up of 358 males and 358 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 308.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 622412, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gudalur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gudalur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Pudukkottai
Tehsil Ponnamaravathi
Pincode 622412
Area (hectares) 308.8 hectares
Population 716
Male Population 358
Female Population 358
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 Gudalur compares

By the 2011 count Gudalur is the 33rd largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,955 residents. Its 308.8 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 1027.

Getting to Gudalur

Gudalur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gudalur 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 Gudalur from other places

Gudalur lies about 12 km from Pudukkottai, and the nearest railway station is Namanasamudram, about 12 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 Gudalur
Tehsil headquarters Ponnamaravathi 12 km
District headquarters Pudukkottai 12 km
Nearest railway station Namanasamudram 12 km

Villages closest to Gudalur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gudalur village had a population of 716. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,955 residents.

Gudalur village has 358 males and 358 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gudalur has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Gudalur is 622412. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gudalur covers 308.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gudalur falls under Ponnamaravathi tehsil of Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Gudalur is Namanasamudram, about 12 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 Gudalur.

Gudalur 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.

Gudalur is in Ponnamaravathi tehsil of Pudukkottai district. Ponnamaravathi is about 12 km away. Pudukkottai is about 12 km away. Namanasamudram is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ponnamaravathi East (10 km), Ponnamaravathi West (12 km) and Mullipatti (21 km).

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

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