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About Passuvandanai Village

Passuvandanai is a large village in Ottapidaram tehsil, in the district of Thoothukkudi, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,186, made up of 2,014 males and 2,172 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,078 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1329.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 628718, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Passuvandanai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Passuvandanai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thoothukkudi
Tehsil Ottapidaram
Pincode 628718
Area (hectares) 1329.33 hectares
Population 4,186
Male Population 2,014
Female Population 2,172
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,078
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Passuvandanai compares

By the 2011 count Passuvandanai is the 5th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,831 residents. Its 1329.33 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Passuvandanai

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

Passuvandanai lies about 32 km from Thoothukkudi, and the nearest railway station is Kadambur, about 11 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 Passuvandanai
Nearest railway station Kadambur 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Ottapidaram 12 km
Nearest town Kovilpatti 22 km
District headquarters Thoothukkudi 32 km

Villages closest to Passuvandanai

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.

Common questions about Passuvandanai

As per the Census of India 2011, Passuvandanai village had a population of 4,186. That makes it the 5th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,831 residents.

Passuvandanai village has 2,014 males and 2,172 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Passuvandanai has about 1078 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Passuvandanai is 628718. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Passuvandanai covers 1329.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Passuvandanai is Kadambur, about 11 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 Passuvandanai.

Passuvandanai is about 32 km from Thoothukkudi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Passuvandanai is in Ottapidaram tehsil of Thoothukkudi district. Kadambur is about 11 km away. Ottapidaram is about 12 km away. Kovilpatti is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nagampatti (1.7 km), D Duraiswamipuram (3.7 km) and P Duraiswamipuram (3.7 km).

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

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