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About Paleswaram Village

Paleswaram is a small village in Gummidipoondi tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 250, made up of 120 males and 130 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,083 females per 1000 males. The village covers 148.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 601102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paleswaram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paleswaram village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thiruvallur
Tehsil Gummidipoondi
Pincode 601102
Area (hectares) 148.87 hectares
Population 250
Male Population 120
Female Population 130
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,083
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 2 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 18 km distance

How Paleswaram compares

By the 2011 count Paleswaram is the 73rd 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 148.87 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 1001.

Getting to Paleswaram

Paleswaram 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 Paleswaram as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 2 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 18 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Paleswaram from other places

Paleswaram lies about 25 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Kavaraippettai, about 12 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 Paleswaram
Nearest railway station Kavaraippettai 12 km
Nearest town Ponneri 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Gummidipoondi 25 km
District headquarters Thiruvallur 25 km

Villages closest to Paleswaram

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.

Common questions about Paleswaram

As per the Census of India 2011, Paleswaram village had a population of 250. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,097 residents.

Paleswaram village has 120 males and 130 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paleswaram has about 1083 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Paleswaram is 601102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paleswaram covers 148.87 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Paleswaram is Kavaraippettai, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 18 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 2 km distance for Paleswaram.

Paleswaram is about 25 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paleswaram is in Gummidipoondi tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Kavaraippettai is about 12 km away. Ponneri is about 16 km away. Gummidipoondi is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pudupalayam (2.3 km), Sepedu (3.0 km) and Erukkuvoy (3.1 km).

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

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