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About Kilangattur Village

Kilangattur is a large village in Manamadurai tehsil, in the district of Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,385, made up of 1,181 males and 1,204 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 893.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 630606, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kilangattur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kilangattur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Sivaganga
Tehsil Manamadurai
Pincode 630606
Area (hectares) 893.29 hectares
Population 2,385
Male Population 1,181
Female Population 1,204
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,019
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kilangattur compares

By the 2011 count Kilangattur is the 23rd largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,857 residents. Its 893.29 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Kilangattur

Kilangattur 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 Kilangattur 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kilangattur from other places

Kilangattur lies about 21 km from Sivaganga, and the nearest railway station is Manamadurai Junction, about 3.5 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 Kilangattur
Nearest railway station Manamadurai Junction 3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Manamadurai 4.8 km
District headquarters Sivaganga 21 km

Villages closest to Kilangattur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kilangattur village had a population of 2,385. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,857 residents.

Kilangattur village has 1,181 males and 1,204 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kilangattur has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Kilangattur is 630606. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kilangattur covers 893.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kilangattur falls under Manamadurai tehsil of Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Kilangattur is Manamadurai Junction, about 3.5 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 <5 km distance for Kilangattur.

Kilangattur is about 21 km from Sivaganga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kilangattur is in Manamadurai tehsil of Sivaganga district. Manamadurai Junction is about 3.5 km away. Manamadurai is about 4.8 km away. Sivaganga is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Annavasal (1.7 km), Arimandapam (2.0 km) and Milaganoor (4.4 km).

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

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