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About Palavoor Village

Palavoor is a mid sized village in Tirunelveli tehsil, in the district of Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,925, made up of 947 males and 978 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 459.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 627001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palavoor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palavoor village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Tirunelveli
Tehsil Tirunelveli
Pincode 627001
Area (hectares) 459.4 hectares
Population 1,925
Male Population 947
Female Population 978
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,033
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Palavoor compares

By the 2011 count Palavoor is the 28th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,500 residents. Its 459.4 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1029.

Getting to Palavoor

Palavoor is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palavoor 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palavoor from other places

Palavoor lies about 8.6 km from Tirunelveli, and the nearest railway station is Pettai, about 5.2 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 Palavoor
Nearest railway station Pettai 5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Tirunelveli 8.6 km

Villages closest to Palavoor

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palavoor village had a population of 1,925. That makes it the 28th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,500 residents.

Palavoor village has 947 males and 978 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palavoor has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1029.

The pincode recorded for Palavoor is 627001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palavoor covers 459.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palavoor falls under Tirunelveli tehsil of Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Palavoor is Pettai, about 5.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Palavoor is about 8.6 km from Tirunelveli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palavoor is in Tirunelveli tehsil of Tirunelveli district. Pettai is about 5.2 km away. Tirunelveli is about 8.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kondanagaram (under 2 km), Kodaganallur (2.4 km) and Suttamalli (2.7 km).

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

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