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About Palliyur Village

Palliyur is a large village in Papanasam tehsil, in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,202, made up of 1,089 males and 1,113 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 515.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 613504, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palliyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palliyur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thanjavur
Tehsil Papanasam
Pincode 613504
Area (hectares) 515.1 hectares
Population 2,202
Male Population 1,089
Female Population 1,113
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,022
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Palliyur compares

By the 2011 count Palliyur is the 36th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,027 residents. Its 515.1 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Palliyur

Palliyur 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 Palliyur 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palliyur from other places

Palliyur lies about 16 km from Thanjavur, and the nearest railway station is Saliyamangalam, about 3.8 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 Palliyur
Nearest railway station Saliyamangalam 3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Papanasam 13 km
District headquarters Thanjavur 16 km

Villages closest to Palliyur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palliyur village had a population of 2,202. That makes it the 36th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,027 residents.

Palliyur village has 1,089 males and 1,113 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palliyur has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Palliyur is 613504. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palliyur covers 515.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palliyur falls under Papanasam tehsil of Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Palliyur is Saliyamangalam, about 3.8 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 village for Palliyur.

Palliyur is about 16 km from Thanjavur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palliyur is in Papanasam tehsil of Thanjavur district. Saliyamangalam is about 3.8 km away. Papanasam is about 13 km away. Thanjavur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Neikunnam (2.1 km), Viluthiyur (2.4 km) and Keelakoil Pathu (3.2 km).

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

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