About Silamalai Village

Silamalai is one of the larger villages in Bodinayakanur tehsil, in the district of Theni, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 8,236, made up of 4,136 males and 4,100 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2076.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 625528, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silamalai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silamalai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Theni
Tehsil	Bodinayakanur
Pincode	625528
Area (hectares)	2076.33 hectares
Population	8,236
Male Population	4,136
Female Population	4,100
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	991
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Silamalai compares

By the 2011 count Silamalai is the 5th largest of the 12 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 5,885 residents. Its 2076.33 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Silamalai

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

Silamalai lies about 16 km from Theni, and the nearest railway station is Bodinayakkanur, about 6.4 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 Silamalai
Tehsil headquarters	Bodinayakanur	5.7 km
Nearest town	Bodināyakkanūr	5.7 km
Nearest railway station	Bodinayakkanur	6.4 km
District headquarters	Theni	16 km

Villages closest to Silamalai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silamalai village had a population of 8,236. That makes it the 5th largest of the 12 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,885 residents.

Silamalai village has 4,136 males and 4,100 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silamalai has about 991 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Silamalai is 625528. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silamalai covers 2076.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silamalai falls under Bodinayakanur tehsil of Theni district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Silamalai is Bodinayakkanur, about 6.4 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 Silamalai.

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

Silamalai is in Bodinayakanur tehsil of Theni district. Bodinayakanur is about 5.7 km away. Bodināyakkanūr is about 5.7 km away. Bodinayakkanur is about 6.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.