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About Singipuram Village

Singipuram is one of the larger villages in Vazhapadi tehsil, in the district of Salem, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,868, made up of 3,428 males and 3,440 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1266.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 636115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Singipuram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Singipuram village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Salem
Tehsil Vazhapadi
Pincode 636115
Area (hectares) 1266.32 hectares
Population 6,868
Male Population 3,428
Female Population 3,440
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,004
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Singipuram compares

By the 2011 count Singipuram is the 4th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,517 residents. Its 1266.32 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Singipuram

Singipuram 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 Singipuram 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 Singipuram from other places

Singipuram lies about 28 km from Salem, and the nearest railway station is Valappadi Gate, about 3.3 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 Singipuram
Nearest railway station Valappadi Gate 3.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Vazhapadi 3.4 km
Nearest town Narasingapuram 19 km
District headquarters Salem 28 km

Villages closest to Singipuram

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Singipuram village had a population of 6,868. That makes it the 4th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,517 residents.

Singipuram village has 3,428 males and 3,440 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Singipuram has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Singipuram is 636115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Singipuram covers 1266.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Singipuram falls under Vazhapadi tehsil of Salem district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Singipuram is Valappadi Gate, about 3.3 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 Singipuram.

Singipuram is about 28 km from Salem in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Singipuram is in Vazhapadi tehsil of Salem district. Valappadi Gate is about 3.3 km away. Vazhapadi is about 3.4 km away. Narasingapuram is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ponnarampatti (2.0 km), Somanpatti (2.2 km) and Vilaripalayam (3.0 km).

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

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