About Palayanur Village

Palayanur is a large village in Tiruttani tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,097, made up of 1,083 males and 1,014 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 707.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 631210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palayanur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palayanur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvallur
Tehsil	Tiruttani
Pincode	631210
Area (hectares)	707.08 hectares
Population	2,097
Male Population	1,083
Female Population	1,014
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
Bus Service (public)	Available within 1.5 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 1.5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 4 km distance

How Palayanur compares

By the 2011 count Palayanur is the 36th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,562 residents. Its 707.08 hectares work out to about 3.0 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 1002.

Getting to Palayanur

Palayanur 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 Palayanur as Available within 1.5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 1.5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 4 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palayanur from other places

Palayanur lies about 13 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Manavur, about 3.4 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 Palayanur
Nearest railway station	Manavur	3.4 km
Nearest town	Arakkonam	13 km
District headquarters	Thiruvallur	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tiruttani	19 km

Villages closest to Palayanur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palayanur village had a population of 2,097. That makes it the 36th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,562 residents.

Palayanur village has 1,083 males and 1,014 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palayanur has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Palayanur is 631210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palayanur covers 707.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palayanur falls under Tiruttani tehsil of Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Palayanur is Manavur, about 3.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 4 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 1.5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 1.5 km distance for Palayanur.

Palayanur is about 13 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palayanur is in Tiruttani tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Manavur is about 3.4 km away. Arakkonam is about 13 km away. Thiruvallur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.