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About Keelavadagarai Village

Keelavadagarai is one of the larger villages in Periyakulam tehsil, in the district of Theni, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,952, made up of 3,071 males and 2,881 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1596.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 625601, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keelavadagarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keelavadagarai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Theni
Tehsil Periyakulam
Pincode 625601
Area (hectares) 1596.38 hectares
Population 5,952
Male Population 3,071
Female Population 2,881
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 938
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Keelavadagarai compares

By the 2011 count Keelavadagarai is the 9th largest of the 13 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 7,903 residents. Its 1596.38 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Keelavadagarai

Keelavadagarai is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Keelavadagarai as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Endapuli, Genguvarpatty, Gullapuram and Jeyamangalam. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Keelavadagarai

As per the Census of India 2011, Keelavadagarai village had a population of 5,952. That makes it the 9th largest of the 13 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 7,903 residents.

Keelavadagarai village has 3,071 males and 2,881 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keelavadagarai has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Keelavadagarai is 625601. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keelavadagarai covers 1596.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Keelavadagarai falls under Periyakulam tehsil of Theni district in Tamil Nadu.

The census record for Keelavadagarai notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Keelavadagarai.

Keelavadagarai is in Periyakulam tehsil of Theni district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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