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About Panaiyur Village

Panaiyur is a large village in Arani tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,299, made up of 1,138 males and 1,161 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 652.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 632518, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panaiyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panaiyur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil Arani
Pincode 632518
Area (hectares) 652.43 hectares
Population 2,299
Male Population 1,138
Female Population 1,161
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,020
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 33 km distance

How Panaiyur compares

By the 2011 count Panaiyur is the 38th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,873 residents. Its 652.43 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Panaiyur

Panaiyur 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 Panaiyur 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 33 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Panaiyur from other places

Panaiyur lies about 61 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Sedarampattu, about 19 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 Panaiyur
Tehsil headquarters Arani 10 km
Nearest town Arni 10 km
Nearest railway station Sedarampattu 19 km
District headquarters Tiruvannamalai 61 km

Villages closest to Panaiyur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panaiyur village had a population of 2,299. That makes it the 38th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,873 residents.

Panaiyur village has 1,138 males and 1,161 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panaiyur has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Panaiyur is 632518. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panaiyur covers 652.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Panaiyur falls under Arani tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Panaiyur is Sedarampattu, about 19 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 33 km distance.

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

Panaiyur is about 61 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panaiyur is in Arani tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Arani is about 10 km away. Arni is about 10 km away. Sedarampattu is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ogaiyur (under 2 km), Randam Korattur (2.9 km) and Mattathari (3.4 km).

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

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