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About Palan Koil Village

Palan Koil is a large village in Polur tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,112, made up of 1,031 males and 1,081 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 446.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 606751, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palan Koil Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palan Koil village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil Polur
Pincode 606751
Area (hectares) 446.34 hectares
Population 2,112
Male Population 1,031
Female Population 1,081
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,048
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 12 km distance

How Palan Koil compares

By the 2011 count Palan Koil is the 71st largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,130 residents. Its 446.34 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Palan Koil

Palan Koil 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 Palan Koil 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 12 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palan Koil from other places

Palan Koil lies about 23 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Agaram Sibbandi, about 5.4 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 Palan Koil
Nearest railway station Agaram Sibbandi 5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Polur 11 km
Nearest town Polūr 11 km
District headquarters Tiruvannamalai 23 km

Villages closest to Palan Koil

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Polur 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 Palan Koil

As per the Census of India 2011, Palan Koil village had a population of 2,112. That makes it the 71st largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,130 residents.

Palan Koil village has 1,031 males and 1,081 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palan Koil has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Palan Koil is 606751. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palan Koil covers 446.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palan Koil falls under Polur tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Palan Koil is Agaram Sibbandi, about 5.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 12 km distance.

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

Palan Koil is about 23 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palan Koil is in Polur tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Agaram Sibbandi is about 5.4 km away. Polur is about 11 km away. Polūr is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pillur (2.2 km), Vanniyanur (2.5 km) and Kalasapakkam (3.0 km).

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

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