About Palaiyanur Village

Palaiyanur is a mid sized village in Manamadurai tehsil, in the district of Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,331, made up of 701 males and 630 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 849.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 630610, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palaiyanur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palaiyanur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Sivaganga
Tehsil	Manamadurai
Pincode	630610
Area (hectares)	849.2 hectares
Population	1,331
Male Population	701
Female Population	630
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palaiyanur compares

By the 2011 count Palaiyanur is the 46th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,857 residents. Its 849.2 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Palaiyanur

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

Palaiyanur lies about 24 km from Sivaganga, and the nearest railway station is Tiruppachetti, about 7.3 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 Palaiyanur
Nearest railway station	Tiruppachetti	7.3 km
Nearest town	Tiruppuvanam	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Manamadurai	20 km
District headquarters	Sivaganga	24 km

Villages closest to Palaiyanur

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.

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Common questions about Palaiyanur

As per the Census of India 2011, Palaiyanur village had a population of 1,331. That makes it the 46th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,857 residents.

Palaiyanur village has 701 males and 630 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palaiyanur has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Palaiyanur is 630610. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palaiyanur covers 849.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Palaiyanur is Tiruppachetti, about 7.3 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 Palaiyanur.

Palaiyanur is about 24 km from Sivaganga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palaiyanur is in Manamadurai tehsil of Sivaganga district. Tiruppachetti is about 7.3 km away. Tiruppuvanam is about 11 km away. Manamadurai is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.