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About Pachiyur Village

Pachiyur is a mid sized village in Orathanadu tehsil, in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,376, made up of 676 males and 700 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 384.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614902, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pachiyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pachiyur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thanjavur
Tehsil Orathanadu
Pincode 614902
Area (hectares) 384.58 hectares
Population 1,376
Male Population 676
Female Population 700
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,036
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pachiyur compares

By the 2011 count Pachiyur is the 80th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents. Its 384.58 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1067.

Getting to Pachiyur

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

Pachiyur lies about 19 km from Thanjavur, and the nearest railway station is Thanjavur Junction, about 18 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 Pachiyur
Tehsil headquarters Orathanadu 11 km
Nearest town Nānjikkottai 13 km
Nearest railway station Thanjavur Junction 18 km
District headquarters Thanjavur 19 km

Villages closest to Pachiyur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pachiyur village had a population of 1,376. That makes it the 80th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents.

Pachiyur village has 676 males and 700 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pachiyur has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1067.

The pincode recorded for Pachiyur is 614902. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pachiyur covers 384.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pachiyur falls under Orathanadu tehsil of Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Pachiyur is Thanjavur Junction, about 18 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 Pachiyur.

Pachiyur is about 19 km from Thanjavur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pachiyur is in Orathanadu tehsil of Thanjavur district. Orathanadu is about 11 km away. Nānjikkottai is about 13 km away. Thanjavur Junction is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Poyyunddarkottai I (1.8 km), Samipatti (2.7 km) and Vadakkur North (3.4 km).

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

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