About Palanjur Village

Palanjur is a large village in Pattukkottai tehsil, in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,070, made up of 926 males and 1,144 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,235 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1476.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614701, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palanjur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palanjur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thanjavur
Tehsil	Pattukkottai
Pincode	614701
Area (hectares)	1476.15 hectares
Population	2,070
Male Population	926
Female Population	1,144
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,235
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Palanjur compares

By the 2011 count Palanjur is the 57th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,677 residents. Its 1476.15 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 1090.

Getting to Palanjur

Palanjur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palanjur 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palanjur from other places

Palanjur lies about 51 km from Thanjavur, and the nearest railway station is Pattukkottai, about 6.0 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 Palanjur
Nearest town	Adirampattinam	5.0 km
Nearest railway station	Pattukkottai	6.0 km
District headquarters	Thanjavur	51 km

Villages closest to Palanjur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palanjur village had a population of 2,070. That makes it the 57th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,677 residents.

Palanjur village has 926 males and 1,144 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palanjur has about 1235 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1090.

The pincode recorded for Palanjur is 614701. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palanjur covers 1476.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palanjur falls under Pattukkottai tehsil of Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Palanjur is Pattukkottai, about 6.0 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 village for Palanjur.

Palanjur is about 51 km from Thanjavur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palanjur is in Pattukkottai tehsil of Thanjavur district. Adirampattinam is about 5.0 km away. Pattukkottai is about 6.0 km away. Thanjavur is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.