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About Olaipadi Village

Olaipadi is a mid sized village in Attur tehsil, in the district of Salem, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 666, made up of 308 males and 358 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,162 females per 1000 males. The village covers 230.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 636109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Olaipadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Olaipadi village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Salem
Tehsil Attur
Pincode 636109
Area (hectares) 230.72 hectares
Population 666
Male Population 308
Female Population 358
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,162
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Olaipadi compares

By the 2011 count Olaipadi is the 88th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,234 residents. Its 230.72 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Olaipadi

Olaipadi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Olaipadi 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Olaipadi from other places

Olaipadi lies about 38 km from Salem, and the nearest railway station is Peddanayakkanpalaiyam, about 2.5 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 Olaipadi
Nearest railway station Peddanayakkanpalaiyam 2.5 km
Nearest town Narasingapuram 9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Attur 12 km
District headquarters Salem 38 km

Villages closest to Olaipadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Olaipadi village had a population of 666. That makes it the 88th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,234 residents.

Olaipadi village has 308 males and 358 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Olaipadi has about 1162 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Olaipadi is 636109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Olaipadi covers 230.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Olaipadi falls under Attur tehsil of Salem district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Olaipadi is Peddanayakkanpalaiyam, about 2.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Olaipadi.

Olaipadi is about 38 km from Salem in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Olaipadi is in Attur tehsil of Salem district. Peddanayakkanpalaiyam is about 2.5 km away. Narasingapuram is about 9.0 km away. Attur is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thennampillaiyur (under 2 km), Oddapatty (under 2 km) and Dalavaipatty (2.0 km).

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

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