About Palavakkam Village

Palavakkam is a mid sized village in Gummidipoondi tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 800, made up of 418 males and 382 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 469.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 601101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palavakkam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palavakkam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvallur
Tehsil	Gummidipoondi
Pincode	601101
Area (hectares)	469.23 hectares
Population	800
Male Population	418
Female Population	382
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
Bus Service (public)	Available within 1 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 15 km distance

How Palavakkam compares

By the 2011 count Palavakkam is the 55th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,097 residents. Its 469.23 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Palavakkam

Palavakkam 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 Palavakkam as Available within 1 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 15 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palavakkam from other places

Palavakkam lies about 20 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Gummidipundi, about 20 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 Palavakkam
Nearest town	Nagalapuram	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gummidipoondi	20 km
District headquarters	Thiruvallur	20 km
Nearest railway station	Gummidipundi	20 km

Villages closest to Palavakkam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palavakkam village had a population of 800. That makes it the 55th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,097 residents.

Palavakkam village has 418 males and 382 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palavakkam has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Palavakkam is 601101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palavakkam covers 469.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palavakkam falls under Gummidipoondi tehsil of Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Palavakkam is Gummidipundi, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 15 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 1 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Palavakkam.

Palavakkam is about 20 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palavakkam is in Gummidipoondi tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Nagalapuram is about 19 km away. Gummidipoondi is about 20 km away. Thiruvallur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.