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About Malaikandan Village

Malaikandan is a small village in Karaikkudi tehsil, in the district of Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 466, made up of 223 males and 243 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,090 females per 1000 males. The village covers 509.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 630321, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malaikandan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malaikandan village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Sivaganga
Tehsil Karaikkudi
Pincode 630321
Area (hectares) 509.34 hectares
Population 466
Male Population 223
Female Population 243
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,090
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Malaikandan compares

By the 2011 count Malaikandan is the 54th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,946 residents. Its 509.34 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Malaikandan

Malaikandan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malaikandan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Malaikandan from other places

Malaikandan lies about 22 km from Sivaganga, and the nearest railway station is Kallal, about 4.7 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 Malaikandan
Nearest railway station Kallal 4.7 km
Nearest town Sankarapatti 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Karaikkudi 19 km
District headquarters Sivaganga 22 km

Villages closest to Malaikandan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malaikandan village had a population of 466. That makes it the 54th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,946 residents.

Malaikandan village has 223 males and 243 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malaikandan has about 1090 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Malaikandan is 630321. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malaikandan covers 509.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malaikandan falls under Karaikkudi tehsil of Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Malaikandan is Kallal, about 4.7 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 <5 km distance for Malaikandan.

Malaikandan is about 22 km from Sivaganga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malaikandan is in Karaikkudi tehsil of Sivaganga district. Kallal is about 4.7 km away. Sankarapatti is about 16 km away. Karaikkudi 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 Vetriyur (1.8 km), Thiruthipatti (4.8 km) and Alampattu (4.9 km).

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

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