About Orivayal Village

Orivayal is a large village in Kadaladi tehsil, in the district of Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,006, made up of 1,049 males and 957 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1142.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 623703, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Orivayal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Orivayal village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Ramanathapuram
Tehsil	Kadaladi
Pincode	623703
Area (hectares)	1142.58 hectares
Population	2,006
Male Population	1,049
Female Population	957
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	912
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Orivayal compares

By the 2011 count Orivayal is the 26th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,262 residents. Its 1142.58 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Orivayal

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

Orivayal lies about 34 km from Ramanathapuram, and the nearest railway station is Sattirakkudi, about 25 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 Orivayal
Tehsil headquarters	Kadaladi	5.8 km
Nearest railway station	Sattirakkudi	25 km
Nearest town	Kilakarai	26 km
District headquarters	Ramanathapuram	34 km

Villages closest to Orivayal

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Orivayal

As per the Census of India 2011, Orivayal village had a population of 2,006. That makes it the 26th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,262 residents.

Orivayal village has 1,049 males and 957 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Orivayal has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Orivayal is 623703. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Orivayal covers 1142.58 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.

Orivayal falls under Kadaladi tehsil of Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Orivayal is Sattirakkudi, about 25 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 - 10 km distance for Orivayal.

Orivayal is about 34 km from Ramanathapuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Orivayal is in Kadaladi tehsil of Ramanathapuram district. Kadaladi is about 5.8 km away. Sattirakkudi is about 25 km away. Kilakarai is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.