About Thirunilai Village

Thirunilai is a mid sized village in Ponneri tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,373, made up of 710 males and 663 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 315.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 600103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thirunilai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thirunilai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvallur
Tehsil	Ponneri
Pincode	600103
Area (hectares)	315.17 hectares
Population	1,373
Male Population	710
Female Population	663
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 8 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 16 km distance

How Thirunilai compares

By the 2011 count Thirunilai is the 49th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,889 residents. Its 315.17 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1011.

Getting to Thirunilai

Thirunilai 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 Thirunilai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 8 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 16 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Thirunilai from other places

Thirunilai lies about 27 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Kavaraippettai, about 8.4 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 Thirunilai
Nearest railway station	Kavaraippettai	8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ponneri	11 km
District headquarters	Thiruvallur	27 km

Villages closest to Thirunilai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thirunilai village had a population of 1,373. That makes it the 49th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,889 residents.

Thirunilai village has 710 males and 663 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thirunilai has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1011.

The pincode recorded for Thirunilai is 600103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thirunilai covers 315.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Thirunilai falls under Ponneri tehsil of Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Thirunilai is Kavaraippettai, about 8.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 16 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 8 km distance for Thirunilai.

Thirunilai is about 27 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thirunilai is in Ponneri tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Kavaraippettai is about 8.4 km away. Ponneri is about 11 km away. Thiruvallur is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.