About Akkaraipalaiyam Village

Akkaraipalaiyam is a mid sized village in Salem tehsil, in the district of Salem, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,972, made up of 1,012 males and 960 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 345 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 636308, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akkaraipalaiyam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akkaraipalaiyam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Salem
Tehsil	Salem
Pincode	636308
Area (hectares)	345 hectares
Population	1,972
Male Population	1,012
Female Population	960
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	949
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Akkaraipalaiyam compares

By the 2011 count Akkaraipalaiyam is the 42nd largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,441 residents. Its 345 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Akkaraipalaiyam

Akkaraipalaiyam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Akkaraipalaiyam 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Akkaraipalaiyam from other places

Akkaraipalaiyam lies about 32 km from Salem, and the nearest railway station is Kalangani, about 17 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 Akkaraipalaiyam
Nearest town	Tiruchengode	15 km
Nearest railway station	Kalangani	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Salem	32 km

Villages closest to Akkaraipalaiyam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akkaraipalaiyam village had a population of 1,972. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,441 residents.

Akkaraipalaiyam village has 1,012 males and 960 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akkaraipalaiyam has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Akkaraipalaiyam is 636308. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akkaraipalaiyam covers 345 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akkaraipalaiyam falls under Salem tehsil of Salem district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Akkaraipalaiyam is Kalangani, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Akkaraipalaiyam is about 32 km from Salem in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akkaraipalaiyam is in Salem tehsil of Salem district. Tiruchengode is about 15 km away. Kalangani is about 17 km away. Salem is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.