About Palaiyur Village

Palaiyur is a mid sized village in Mannargudi tehsil, in the district of Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,756, made up of 895 males and 861 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 962 females per 1000 males. The village covers 613.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614719, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palaiyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palaiyur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvarur
Tehsil	Mannargudi
Pincode	614719
Area (hectares)	613.65 hectares
Population	1,756
Male Population	895
Female Population	861
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	962
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palaiyur compares

By the 2011 count Palaiyur is the 68th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,046 residents. Its 613.65 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Palaiyur

Palaiyur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palaiyur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palaiyur from other places

Palaiyur lies about 31 km from Thiruvarur, and the nearest railway station is Tillaivilagam, 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 Palaiyur
Nearest railway station	Tillaivilagam	12 km
Nearest town	Muthupet	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mannargudi	16 km
District headquarters	Thiruvarur	31 km

Villages closest to Palaiyur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palaiyur village had a population of 1,756. That makes it the 68th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,046 residents.

Palaiyur village has 895 males and 861 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palaiyur has about 962 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Palaiyur is 614719. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palaiyur covers 613.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palaiyur falls under Mannargudi tehsil of Thiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Palaiyur is Tillaivilagam, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Palaiyur is about 31 km from Thiruvarur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palaiyur is in Mannargudi tehsil of Thiruvarur district. Tillaivilagam is about 12 km away. Muthupet is about 15 km away. Mannargudi is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.