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About Menangudi Village

Menangudi is a mid sized village in Nannilam tehsil, in the district of Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,935, made up of 980 males and 955 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 974 females per 1000 males. The village covers 469.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 609508, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Menangudi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Menangudi village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thiruvarur
Tehsil Nannilam
Pincode 609508
Area (hectares) 469.99 hectares
Population 1,935
Male Population 980
Female Population 955
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 974
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Menangudi compares

By the 2011 count Menangudi is the 20th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,703 residents. Its 469.99 hectares work out to about 4.1 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 a little below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Menangudi

Menangudi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Menangudi 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Menangudi from other places

Menangudi lies about 21 km from Thiruvarur, and the nearest railway station is Peralam Junction, about 5.2 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 Menangudi
Nearest railway station Peralam Junction 5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Nannilam 13 km
Nearest town Kāraikāl 15 km
District headquarters Thiruvarur 21 km

Villages closest to Menangudi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Menangudi village had a population of 1,935. That makes it the 20th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,703 residents.

Menangudi village has 980 males and 955 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Menangudi has about 974 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Menangudi is 609508. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Menangudi covers 469.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Menangudi falls under Nannilam tehsil of Thiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Menangudi is Peralam Junction, about 5.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Menangudi is about 21 km from Thiruvarur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Menangudi is in Nannilam tehsil of Thiruvarur district. Peralam Junction is about 5.2 km away. Nannilam is about 13 km away. Kāraikāl is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kollapuram (under 2 km), Kurungulam (1.8 km) and Ubhayavedantapuram (2.1 km).

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

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