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About Padagacheri Village

Padagacheri is a mid sized village in Valangaiman tehsil, in the district of Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,019, made up of 481 males and 538 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,119 females per 1000 males. The village covers 292.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 612801, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padagacheri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padagacheri village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thiruvarur
Tehsil Valangaiman
Pincode 612801
Area (hectares) 292.68 hectares
Population 1,019
Male Population 481
Female Population 538
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,119
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Padagacheri compares

By the 2011 count Padagacheri is the 39th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,323 residents. Its 292.68 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Padagacheri

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

Padagacheri lies about 29 km from Thiruvarur, and the nearest railway station is Koyilvenni, about 9.3 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 Padagacheri
Tehsil headquarters Valangaiman 3.7 km
Nearest railway station Koyilvenni 9.3 km
Nearest town Kumbakonam 12 km
District headquarters Thiruvarur 29 km

Villages closest to Padagacheri

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.

Common questions about Padagacheri

As per the Census of India 2011, Padagacheri village had a population of 1,019. That makes it the 39th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,323 residents.

Padagacheri village has 481 males and 538 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padagacheri has about 1119 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 999.

The pincode recorded for Padagacheri is 612801. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padagacheri covers 292.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Padagacheri is Koyilvenni, about 9.3 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 Padagacheri.

Padagacheri is about 29 km from Thiruvarur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padagacheri is in Valangaiman tehsil of Thiruvarur district. Valangaiman is about 3.7 km away. Koyilvenni is about 9.3 km away. Kumbakonam is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Puliyakudi (under 2 km), Semmangudi (1.8 km) and Vadakkupattam (2.2 km).

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

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