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About Thennampatti Village

Thennampatti is a mid sized village in Ottapidaram tehsil, in the district of Thoothukkudi, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,568, made up of 759 males and 809 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,066 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1432.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 628714, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thennampatti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thennampatti village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thoothukkudi
Tehsil Ottapidaram
Pincode 628714
Area (hectares) 1432.42 hectares
Population 1,568
Male Population 759
Female Population 809
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,066
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Thennampatti compares

By the 2011 count Thennampatti is the 30th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,831 residents. Its 1432.42 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Thennampatti

Thennampatti is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Thennampatti as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Thennampatti from other places

Thennampatti lies about 35 km from Thoothukkudi, and the nearest railway station is Illavalengal, about 3.3 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 Thennampatti
Nearest railway station Illavalengal 3.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Ottapidaram 19 km
Nearest town Tirunelveli 28 km
District headquarters Thoothukkudi 35 km

Villages closest to Thennampatti

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 Thennampatti

As per the Census of India 2011, Thennampatti village had a population of 1,568. That makes it the 30th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,831 residents.

Thennampatti village has 759 males and 809 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thennampatti has about 1066 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Thennampatti is 628714. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thennampatti covers 1432.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Thennampatti is Illavalengal, about 3.3 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 village for Thennampatti.

Thennampatti is about 35 km from Thoothukkudi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thennampatti is in Ottapidaram tehsil of Thoothukkudi district. Illavalengal is about 3.3 km away. Ottapidaram is about 19 km away. Tirunelveli is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Keelakottai (1.5 km), Kottali (1.5 km) and Sindalakottai (1.5 km).

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

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