About Thenmalai Village

Thenmalai is one of the larger villages in Sivagiri tehsil, in the district of Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 10,283, made up of 4,983 males and 5,300 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,064 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3549.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 627770, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thenmalai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thenmalai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tirunelveli
Tehsil	Sivagiri
Pincode	627770
Area (hectares)	3549.95 hectares
Population	10,283
Male Population	4,983
Female Population	5,300
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 10+ km distance

How Thenmalai compares

By the 2011 count Thenmalai is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 3,816 residents. Its 3549.95 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1049.

Getting to Thenmalai

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

Thenmalai lies about 68 km from Tirunelveli, and the nearest railway station is Sankarankovil, about 16 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 Thenmalai
Tehsil headquarters	Sivagiri	8.1 km
Nearest railway station	Sankarankovil	16 km
District headquarters	Tirunelveli	68 km

Villages closest to Thenmalai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thenmalai village had a population of 10,283. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,816 residents.

Thenmalai village has 4,983 males and 5,300 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thenmalai has about 1064 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1049.

The pincode recorded for Thenmalai is 627770. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thenmalai covers 3549.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Thenmalai falls under Sivagiri tehsil of Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Thenmalai is Sankarankovil, about 16 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 Thenmalai.

Thenmalai is about 68 km from Tirunelveli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thenmalai is in Sivagiri tehsil of Tirunelveli district. Sivagiri is about 8.1 km away. Sankarankovil is about 16 km away. Tirunelveli is about 68 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.