About Minakshipuram Village

Minakshipuram is a mid sized village in Ottapidaram tehsil, in the district of Thoothukkudi, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,347, made up of 668 males and 679 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 920.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 628722, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Minakshipuram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Minakshipuram village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thoothukkudi
Tehsil	Ottapidaram
Pincode	628722
Area (hectares)	920.54 hectares
Population	1,347
Male Population	668
Female Population	679
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Minakshipuram compares

By the 2011 count Minakshipuram is the 37th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,831 residents. Its 920.54 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Minakshipuram

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

How far is Minakshipuram from other places

Minakshipuram lies about 21 km from Thoothukkudi, and the nearest railway station is Pandiyapuram, about 4.9 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 Minakshipuram
Nearest railway station	Pandiyapuram	4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ottapidaram	12 km
Nearest town	Milavittan	15 km
District headquarters	Thoothukkudi	21 km

Villages closest to Minakshipuram

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Minakshipuram village had a population of 1,347. That makes it the 37th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,831 residents.

Minakshipuram village has 668 males and 679 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Minakshipuram has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Minakshipuram is 628722. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Minakshipuram covers 920.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Minakshipuram falls under Ottapidaram tehsil of Thoothukkudi district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Minakshipuram is Pandiyapuram, about 4.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Minakshipuram.

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

Minakshipuram is in Ottapidaram tehsil of Thoothukkudi district. Pandiyapuram is about 4.9 km away. Ottapidaram is about 12 km away. Milavittan is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.