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About Palayangudi Village

Palayangudi is a large village in Thiruthuraipoondi tehsil, in the district of Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,976, made up of 1,477 males and 1,499 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 507.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 610203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palayangudi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palayangudi village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thiruvarur
Tehsil Thiruthuraipoondi
Pincode 610203
Area (hectares) 507.85 hectares
Population 2,976
Male Population 1,477
Female Population 1,499
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,015
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Palayangudi compares

By the 2011 count Palayangudi is the 18th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,282 residents. Its 507.85 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1040.

Getting to Palayangudi

Palayangudi 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 Palayangudi 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palayangudi from other places

Palayangudi lies about 20 km from Thiruvarur, and the nearest railway station is Manali, about 2.6 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 Palayangudi
Nearest railway station Manali 2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Thiruthuraipoondi 7.6 km
District headquarters Thiruvarur 20 km

Villages closest to Palayangudi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palayangudi village had a population of 2,976. That makes it the 18th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,282 residents.

Palayangudi village has 1,477 males and 1,499 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palayangudi has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1040.

The pincode recorded for Palayangudi is 610203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palayangudi covers 507.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palayangudi falls under Thiruthuraipoondi tehsil of Thiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Palayangudi is Manali, about 2.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Palayangudi is about 20 km from Thiruvarur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palayangudi is in Thiruthuraipoondi tehsil of Thiruvarur district. Manali is about 2.6 km away. Thiruthuraipoondi is about 7.6 km away. Thiruvarur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sathangudi (under 2 km), Alathambadi (1.5 km) and Manali (1.7 km).

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

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