About Palayanur Village

Palayanur is a mid sized village in Arcot tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 863, made up of 431 males and 432 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 210.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 632512, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palayanur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palayanur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
Tehsil	Arcot
Pincode	632512
Area (hectares)	210.91 hectares
Population	863
Male Population	431
Female Population	432
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,002
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 15 km distance

How Palayanur compares

By the 2011 count Palayanur is the 57th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents. Its 210.91 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Palayanur

Palayanur 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 Palayanur as Available within 5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 15 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palayanur from other places

Palayanur lies about 25 km from Vellore, and the nearest railway station is Walaja Road Junction, about 16 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 Palayanur
Tehsil headquarters	Arcot	9.3 km
Nearest railway station	Walaja Road Junction	16 km
District headquarters	Vellore	25 km

Villages closest to Palayanur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palayanur village had a population of 863. That makes it the 57th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents.

Palayanur village has 431 males and 432 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palayanur has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Palayanur is 632512. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palayanur covers 210.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palayanur falls under Arcot tehsil of Vellore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Palayanur is Walaja Road Junction, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 15 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Palayanur.

Palayanur is about 25 km from Vellore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palayanur is in Arcot tehsil of Vellore district. Arcot is about 9.3 km away. Walaja Road Junction is about 16 km away. Vellore is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.