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About Therku Kalugumalai Village

Therku Kalugumalai is a mid sized village in Kovilpatti tehsil, in the district of Thoothukkudi, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,236, made up of 571 males and 665 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,165 females per 1000 males. The village covers 589.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 628552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Therku Kalugumalai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Therku Kalugumalai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thoothukkudi
Tehsil Kovilpatti
Pincode 628552
Area (hectares) 589.27 hectares
Population 1,236
Male Population 571
Female Population 665
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,165
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Therku Kalugumalai compares

By the 2011 count Therku Kalugumalai is the 49th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,812 residents. Its 589.27 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1026.

Getting to Therku Kalugumalai

Therku Kalugumalai is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Therku Kalugumalai as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Therku Kalugumalai from other places

Therku Kalugumalai lies about 63 km from Thoothukkudi, and the nearest railway station is Kumarapuram, about 15 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 Therku Kalugumalai
Nearest railway station Kumarapuram 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Kovilpatti 18 km
District headquarters Thoothukkudi 63 km

Villages closest to Therku Kalugumalai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kovilpatti 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 Therku Kalugumalai

As per the Census of India 2011, Therku Kalugumalai village had a population of 1,236. That makes it the 49th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,812 residents.

Therku Kalugumalai village has 571 males and 665 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Therku Kalugumalai has about 1165 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Therku Kalugumalai is 628552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Therku Kalugumalai covers 589.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Therku Kalugumalai falls under Kovilpatti tehsil of Thoothukkudi district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Therku Kalugumalai is Kumarapuram, about 15 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Therku Kalugumalai.

Therku Kalugumalai is about 63 km from Thoothukkudi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Therku Kalugumalai is in Kovilpatti tehsil of Thoothukkudi district. Kumarapuram is about 15 km away. Kovilpatti is about 18 km away. Thoothukkudi is about 63 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lakshmiammalpuram (under 2 km), K Kumarapuram (1.7 km) and K Venkateswarapuram (2.0 km).

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

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