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About Madurai Village

Madurai is a mid sized village in Cheyyar tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 818, made up of 397 males and 421 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,060 females per 1000 males. The village covers 198.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604409, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madurai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madurai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil Cheyyar
Pincode 604409
Area (hectares) 198.24 hectares
Population 818
Male Population 397
Female Population 421
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,060
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 42 km distance

How Madurai compares

By the 2011 count Madurai is the 136th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents. Its 198.24 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Madurai

Madurai 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 Madurai 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 42 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Madurai from other places

Madurai lies about 64 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Arni Road, about 29 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 Madurai
Tehsil headquarters Cheyyar 7.5 km
Nearest railway station Arni Road 29 km
District headquarters Tiruvannamalai 64 km

Villages closest to Madurai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madurai village had a population of 818. That makes it the 136th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents.

Madurai village has 397 males and 421 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madurai has about 1060 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Madurai is 604409. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madurai covers 198.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Madurai falls under Cheyyar tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Madurai is Arni Road, about 29 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 42 km distance.

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

Madurai is about 64 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madurai is in Cheyyar tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Cheyyar is about 7.5 km away. Arni Road is about 29 km away. Tiruvannamalai is about 64 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Parasur (under 2 km), Kazhanipakkam (under 2 km) and Mukkur (under 2 km).

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

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