About Palaiyur Village

Palaiyur is a large village in Manachanallur tehsil, in the district of Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,303, made up of 1,183 males and 1,120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 883.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 621005, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palaiyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palaiyur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruchirappalli
Tehsil	Manachanallur
Pincode	621005
Area (hectares)	883.13 hectares
Population	2,303
Male Population	1,183
Female Population	1,120
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	947
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palaiyur compares

By the 2011 count Palaiyur is the 24th largest of the 34 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,531 residents. Its 883.13 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Palaiyur

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

Palaiyur lies about 13 km from Tiruchirappalli, and the nearest railway station is Muttasaranallur, about 6.3 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 Palaiyur
Nearest town	Mannachanallur	4.7 km
Nearest railway station	Muttasaranallur	6.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Manachanallur	13 km
District headquarters	Tiruchirappalli	13 km

Villages closest to Palaiyur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palaiyur village had a population of 2,303. That makes it the 24th largest of the 34 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,531 residents.

Palaiyur village has 1,183 males and 1,120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palaiyur has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Palaiyur is 621005. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palaiyur covers 883.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palaiyur falls under Manachanallur tehsil of Tiruchirappalli district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Palaiyur is Muttasaranallur, about 6.3 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Palaiyur.

Palaiyur is about 13 km from Tiruchirappalli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palaiyur is in Manachanallur tehsil of Tiruchirappalli district. Mannachanallur is about 4.7 km away. Muttasaranallur is about 6.3 km away. Manachanallur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.