About Panikkanur Village

Panikkanur is a mid sized village in Omalur tehsil, in the district of Salem, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 989, made up of 530 males and 459 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 213.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 636306, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panikkanur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panikkanur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Salem
Tehsil	Omalur
Pincode	636306
Area (hectares)	213.22 hectares
Population	989
Male Population	530
Female Population	459
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	866
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Panikkanur compares

By the 2011 count Panikkanur is the 72nd largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 4,944 residents. Its 213.22 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Panikkanur

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

Panikkanur lies about 26 km from Salem, and the nearest railway station is Tolasampatti, 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 Panikkanur
Nearest town	Tāramangalam	6.7 km
Nearest railway station	Tolasampatti	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Omalur	16 km
District headquarters	Salem	26 km

Villages closest to Panikkanur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panikkanur village had a population of 989. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,944 residents.

Panikkanur village has 530 males and 459 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panikkanur has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 904.

The pincode recorded for Panikkanur is 636306. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panikkanur covers 213.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Panikkanur falls under Omalur tehsil of Salem district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Panikkanur is Tolasampatti, 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 Panikkanur.

Panikkanur is about 26 km from Salem in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panikkanur is in Omalur tehsil of Salem district. Tāramangalam is about 6.7 km away. Tolasampatti is about 13 km away. Omalur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.