About Goodamalai Village

Goodamalai is one of the larger villages in Gangavalli tehsil, in the district of Salem, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,989, made up of 3,489 males and 3,500 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2000.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 636105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goodamalai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goodamalai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Salem
Tehsil	Gangavalli
Pincode	636105
Area (hectares)	2000.1 hectares
Population	6,989
Male Population	3,489
Female Population	3,500
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,003
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Goodamalai compares

By the 2011 count Goodamalai is the 4th largest of the 34 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,754 residents. Its 2000.1 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Goodamalai

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

Goodamalai lies about 52 km from Salem, and the nearest railway station is Attur, about 15 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 Goodamalai
Tehsil headquarters	Gangavalli	7.7 km
Nearest town	Tammampatti	11 km
Nearest railway station	Attur	15 km
District headquarters	Salem	52 km

Villages closest to Goodamalai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Goodamalai village had a population of 6,989. That makes it the 4th largest of the 34 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,754 residents.

Goodamalai village has 3,489 males and 3,500 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goodamalai has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Goodamalai is 636105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goodamalai covers 2000.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Goodamalai falls under Gangavalli tehsil of Salem district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Goodamalai is Attur, about 15 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 Goodamalai.

Goodamalai is about 52 km from Salem in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goodamalai is in Gangavalli tehsil of Salem district. Gangavalli is about 7.7 km away. Tammampatti is about 11 km away. Attur is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.