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About Olaiyur Village

Olaiyur is a mid sized village in Srirangam tehsil, in the district of Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,815, made up of 885 males and 930 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 480.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 620021, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Olaiyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Olaiyur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Tiruchirappalli
Tehsil Srirangam
Pincode 620021
Area (hectares) 480.9 hectares
Population 1,815
Male Population 885
Female Population 930
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,051
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Olaiyur compares

By the 2011 count Olaiyur is the 33rd largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,615 residents. Its 480.9 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Olaiyur

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

Olaiyur lies about 11 km from Tiruchirappalli, and the nearest railway station is Kumaramangalam, 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 Olaiyur
Nearest railway station Kumaramangalam 4.9 km
District headquarters Tiruchirappalli 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Srirangam 16 km

Villages closest to Olaiyur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Olaiyur village had a population of 1,815. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,615 residents.

Olaiyur village has 885 males and 930 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Olaiyur has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Olaiyur is 620021. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Olaiyur covers 480.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Olaiyur falls under Srirangam tehsil of Tiruchirappalli district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Olaiyur is Kumaramangalam, 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 Olaiyur.

Olaiyur is about 11 km from Tiruchirappalli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Olaiyur is in Srirangam tehsil of Tiruchirappalli district. Kumaramangalam is about 4.9 km away. Tiruchirappalli is about 11 km away. Srirangam is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thirumalaisamudram (under 2 km), Mudikandam (2.3 km) and Kolakkattagudy (3.8 km).

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

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