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About Thalaiyur Village

Thalaiyur is a small village in Devakottai tehsil, in the district of Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 404, made up of 202 males and 202 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 214.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 630302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thalaiyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thalaiyur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Sivaganga
Tehsil Devakottai
Pincode 630302
Area (hectares) 214.43 hectares
Population 404
Male Population 202
Female Population 202
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Thalaiyur compares

By the 2011 count Thalaiyur is the 66th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,175 residents. Its 214.43 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Thalaiyur

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

Thalaiyur lies about 41 km from Sivaganga, and the nearest railway station is Devakottai Road, about 12 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 Thalaiyur
Tehsil headquarters Devakottai 2.3 km
Nearest railway station Devakottai Road 12 km
District headquarters Sivaganga 41 km

Villages closest to Thalaiyur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thalaiyur village had a population of 404. That makes it the 66th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,175 residents.

Thalaiyur village has 202 males and 202 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thalaiyur has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Thalaiyur is 630302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thalaiyur covers 214.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Thalaiyur falls under Devakottai tehsil of Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Thalaiyur is Devakottai Road, about 12 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 Thalaiyur.

Thalaiyur is about 41 km from Sivaganga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thalaiyur is in Devakottai tehsil of Sivaganga district. Devakottai is about 2.3 km away. Devakottai Road is about 12 km away. Sivaganga is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ilakkanivayal (under 2 km), Kandadevi (2.1 km) and Chittanur (2.3 km).

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

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