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About Silliyanvagaikkulam Village

Silliyanvagaikkulam is a large village in Kadaladi tehsil, in the district of Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,830, made up of 1,397 males and 1,433 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1642.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 623120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silliyanvagaikkulam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silliyanvagaikkulam village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Ramanathapuram
Tehsil Kadaladi
Pincode 623120
Area (hectares) 1642.59 hectares
Population 2,830
Male Population 1,397
Female Population 1,433
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,026
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 Silliyanvagaikkulam compares

By the 2011 count Silliyanvagaikkulam is the 18th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,262 residents. Its 1642.59 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Silliyanvagaikkulam

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

Silliyanvagaikkulam lies about 48 km from Ramanathapuram, and the nearest railway station is Sattirakkudi, about 38 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 Silliyanvagaikkulam
Tehsil headquarters Kadaladi 8.2 km
Nearest railway station Sattirakkudi 38 km
Nearest town Kilakarai 40 km
District headquarters Ramanathapuram 48 km

Villages closest to Silliyanvagaikkulam

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.

Common questions about Silliyanvagaikkulam

As per the Census of India 2011, Silliyanvagaikkulam village had a population of 2,830. That makes it the 18th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,262 residents.

Silliyanvagaikkulam village has 1,397 males and 1,433 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silliyanvagaikkulam has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Silliyanvagaikkulam is 623120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silliyanvagaikkulam covers 1642.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Silliyanvagaikkulam is Sattirakkudi, about 38 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 Silliyanvagaikkulam.

Silliyanvagaikkulam is about 48 km from Ramanathapuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silliyanvagaikkulam is in Kadaladi tehsil of Ramanathapuram district. Kadaladi is about 8.2 km away. Sattirakkudi is about 38 km away. Kilakarai is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Siraikulam (under 2 km), Avathandai (3.0 km) and Keerandai (3.6 km).

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

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