About Palangulam Village

Palangulam is a mid sized village in Tiruvadanai tehsil, in the district of Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,270, made up of 603 males and 667 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,106 females per 1000 males. The village covers 872.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 623308, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palangulam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palangulam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Ramanathapuram
Tehsil	Tiruvadanai
Pincode	623308
Area (hectares)	872.26 hectares
Population	1,270
Male Population	603
Female Population	667
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,106
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palangulam compares

By the 2011 count Palangulam is the 59th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,899 residents. Its 872.26 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, well above the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Palangulam

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

Palangulam lies about 59 km from Ramanathapuram, and the nearest railway station is Devakottai Road, about 23 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 Palangulam
Nearest town	Devakottai	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tiruvadanai	12 km
Nearest railway station	Devakottai Road	23 km
District headquarters	Ramanathapuram	59 km

Villages closest to Palangulam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palangulam village had a population of 1,270. That makes it the 59th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,899 residents.

Palangulam village has 603 males and 667 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palangulam has about 1106 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Palangulam is 623308. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palangulam covers 872.26 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.

Palangulam falls under Tiruvadanai tehsil of Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Palangulam is Devakottai Road, about 23 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 Palangulam.

Palangulam is about 59 km from Ramanathapuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palangulam is in Tiruvadanai tehsil of Ramanathapuram district. Devakottai is about 11 km away. Tiruvadanai is about 12 km away. Devakottai Road is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.