About Alavidangan Village

Alavidangan is a mid sized village in Ilayangudi tehsil, in the district of Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,278, made up of 642 males and 636 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 771.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 630713, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alavidangan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alavidangan village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Sivaganga
Tehsil	Ilayangudi
Pincode	630713
Area (hectares)	771.58 hectares
Population	1,278
Male Population	642
Female Population	636
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	991
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Alavidangan compares

By the 2011 count Alavidangan is the 31st largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,657 residents. Its 771.58 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1049.

Getting to Alavidangan

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

Alavidangan lies about 38 km from Sivaganga, and the nearest railway station is Paramakkudi, about 25 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 Alavidangan
Tehsil headquarters	Ilayangudi	17 km
Nearest town	Ilaiyankudi	17 km
Nearest railway station	Paramakkudi	25 km
District headquarters	Sivaganga	38 km

Villages closest to Alavidangan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Alavidangan village had a population of 1,278. That makes it the 31st largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,657 residents.

Alavidangan village has 642 males and 636 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alavidangan has about 991 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1049.

The pincode recorded for Alavidangan is 630713. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alavidangan covers 771.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Alavidangan falls under Ilayangudi tehsil of Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Alavidangan is Paramakkudi, about 25 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 Alavidangan.

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

Alavidangan is in Ilayangudi tehsil of Sivaganga district. Ilayangudi is about 17 km away. Ilaiyankudi is about 17 km away. Paramakkudi is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.