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About Punnaivanam Village

Punnaivanam is a mid sized village in Sankarankoil tehsil, in the district of Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 933, made up of 452 males and 481 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,064 females per 1000 males. The village covers 176.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 627755, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punnaivanam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punnaivanam village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Tirunelveli
Tehsil Sankarankoil
Pincode 627755
Area (hectares) 176.38 hectares
Population 933
Male Population 452
Female Population 481
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,064
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Punnaivanam compares

By the 2011 count Punnaivanam is the 72nd largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,442 residents. Its 176.38 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Punnaivanam

Punnaivanam is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Punnaivanam 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 <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Periyur, Perumalpatti, Perumpathur and Perunkottur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Punnaivanam

As per the Census of India 2011, Punnaivanam village had a population of 933. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,442 residents.

Punnaivanam village has 452 males and 481 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punnaivanam has about 1064 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1034.

The pincode recorded for Punnaivanam is 627755. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punnaivanam covers 176.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Punnaivanam falls under Sankarankoil tehsil of Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu.

The census record for Punnaivanam notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Punnaivanam.

Punnaivanam is in Sankarankoil tehsil of Tirunelveli district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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