About Palapadi Village

Palapadi is a mid sized village in Ambur tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 748, made up of 364 males and 384 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,055 females per 1000 males. The village covers 170.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 632107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palapadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palapadi village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
Tehsil	Ambur
Pincode	632107
Area (hectares)	170.84 hectares
Population	748
Male Population	364
Female Population	384
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,055
Bus Service (public)	Available within 1 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 1 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 17 km distance

How Palapadi compares

By the 2011 count Palapadi is the 65th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,455 residents. Its 170.84 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Palapadi

Palapadi 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 Palapadi as Available within 1 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 1 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 17 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palapadi from other places

Palapadi lies about 31 km from Vellore, and the nearest railway station is Valathoor, about 11 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 Palapadi
Nearest railway station	Valathoor	11 km
Nearest town	Pallikonda	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ambur	17 km
District headquarters	Vellore	31 km

Villages closest to Palapadi

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

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Common questions about Palapadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Palapadi village had a population of 748. That makes it the 65th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,455 residents.

Palapadi village has 364 males and 384 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palapadi has about 1055 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Palapadi is 632107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palapadi covers 170.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palapadi falls under Ambur tehsil of Vellore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Palapadi is Valathoor, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 17 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 1 km distance and private bus service as Available within 1 km distance for Palapadi.

Palapadi is about 31 km from Vellore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palapadi is in Ambur tehsil of Vellore district. Valathoor is about 11 km away. Pallikonda is about 14 km away. Ambur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.