About Posukkudi Village

Posukkudi is a large village in Mudukulathur tehsil, in the district of Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,051, made up of 1,002 males and 1,049 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,047 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1399.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 623712, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Posukkudi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Posukkudi village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Ramanathapuram
Tehsil	Mudukulathur
Pincode	623712
Area (hectares)	1399.6 hectares
Population	2,051
Male Population	1,002
Female Population	1,049
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,047
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Posukkudi compares

By the 2011 count Posukkudi is the 25th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,349 residents. Its 1399.6 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 1022.

Getting to Posukkudi

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

Posukkudi lies about 27 km from Ramanathapuram, and the nearest railway station is Sattirakkudi, 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 Posukkudi
Tehsil headquarters	Mudukulathur	9.3 km
Nearest railway station	Sattirakkudi	13 km
Nearest town	Paramagudi	18 km
District headquarters	Ramanathapuram	27 km

Villages closest to Posukkudi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Posukkudi village had a population of 2,051. That makes it the 25th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,349 residents.

Posukkudi village has 1,002 males and 1,049 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Posukkudi has about 1047 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Posukkudi is 623712. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Posukkudi covers 1399.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Posukkudi falls under Mudukulathur tehsil of Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Posukkudi is Sattirakkudi, 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 Posukkudi.

Posukkudi is about 27 km from Ramanathapuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Posukkudi is in Mudukulathur tehsil of Ramanathapuram district. Mudukulathur is about 9.3 km away. Sattirakkudi is about 13 km away. Paramagudi is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.