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About Maligaipattu Village

Maligaipattu is a mid sized village in Cheyyar tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,073, made up of 546 males and 527 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 965 females per 1000 males. The village covers 196.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604409, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maligaipattu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maligaipattu village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil Cheyyar
Pincode 604409
Area (hectares) 196.71 hectares
Population 1,073
Male Population 546
Female Population 527
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 965
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 40 km distance

How Maligaipattu compares

By the 2011 count Maligaipattu is the 112th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents. Its 196.71 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Maligaipattu

Maligaipattu 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 Maligaipattu 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 40 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Maligaipattu from other places

Maligaipattu lies about 59 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Arni Road, about 27 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 Maligaipattu
Tehsil headquarters Cheyyar 11 km
Nearest railway station Arni Road 27 km
District headquarters Tiruvannamalai 59 km

Villages closest to Maligaipattu

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 Maligaipattu

As per the Census of India 2011, Maligaipattu village had a population of 1,073. That makes it the 112th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,341 residents.

Maligaipattu village has 546 males and 527 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maligaipattu has about 965 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 994.

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

Maligaipattu covers 196.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Maligaipattu is Arni Road, about 27 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 40 km distance.

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

Maligaipattu is about 59 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maligaipattu is in Cheyyar tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Cheyyar is about 11 km away. Arni Road is about 27 km away. Tiruvannamalai is about 59 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Agatheripattu (under 2 km), Melmattai (2.3 km) and Vinnamangalam (2.5 km).

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

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