About Maligaithidal Village

Maligaithidal is a large village in Valangaiman tehsil, in the district of Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,127, made up of 1,078 males and 1,049 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 380.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maligaithidal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maligaithidal village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvarur
Tehsil	Valangaiman
Pincode	614302
Area (hectares)	380.14 hectares
Population	2,127
Male Population	1,078
Female Population	1,049
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	973
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Maligaithidal compares

By the 2011 count Maligaithidal is the 9th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,323 residents. Its 380.14 hectares work out to about 5.6 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 999.

Getting to Maligaithidal

Maligaithidal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Maligaithidal 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 Maligaithidal from other places

Maligaithidal lies about 41 km from Thiruvarur, and the nearest railway station is Papanasam, about 5.5 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 Maligaithidal
Nearest railway station	Papanasam	5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Valangaiman	13 km
Nearest town	Kumbakonam	16 km
District headquarters	Thiruvarur	41 km

Villages closest to Maligaithidal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maligaithidal village had a population of 2,127. That makes it the 9th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,323 residents.

Maligaithidal village has 1,078 males and 1,049 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maligaithidal has about 973 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 999.

The pincode recorded for Maligaithidal is 614302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maligaithidal covers 380.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maligaithidal falls under Valangaiman tehsil of Thiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Maligaithidal is Papanasam, about 5.5 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 Maligaithidal.

Maligaithidal is about 41 km from Thiruvarur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maligaithidal is in Valangaiman tehsil of Thiruvarur district. Papanasam is about 5.5 km away. Valangaiman is about 13 km away. Kumbakonam is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.