About Goonipalayam Village

Goonipalayam is a large village in Uthukkottai tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,131, made up of 1,047 males and 1,084 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,035 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1777.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 602026, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goonipalayam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goonipalayam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvallur
Tehsil	Uthukkottai
Pincode	602026
Area (hectares)	1777.58 hectares
Population	2,131
Male Population	1,047
Female Population	1,084
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,035
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 21 km distance

How Goonipalayam compares

By the 2011 count Goonipalayam is the 19th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents. Its 1777.58 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1028.

Getting to Goonipalayam

Goonipalayam 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 Goonipalayam as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 21 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Goonipalayam from other places

Goonipalayam lies about 17 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Tiruvallur, 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 Goonipalayam
Tehsil headquarters	Uthukkottai	7.0 km
Nearest town	Nagalapuram	13 km
District headquarters	Thiruvallur	17 km
Nearest railway station	Tiruvallur	20 km

Villages closest to Goonipalayam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Goonipalayam village had a population of 2,131. That makes it the 19th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents.

Goonipalayam village has 1,047 males and 1,084 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goonipalayam has about 1035 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1028.

The pincode recorded for Goonipalayam is 602026. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goonipalayam covers 1777.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Goonipalayam falls under Uthukkottai tehsil of Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Goonipalayam is Tiruvallur, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 21 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Goonipalayam.

Goonipalayam is about 17 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goonipalayam is in Uthukkottai tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Uthukkottai is about 7.0 km away. Nagalapuram is about 13 km away. Thiruvallur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.