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About Musiri Village

Musiri is a mid sized village in Wallajah tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,397, made up of 689 males and 708 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 471.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 632508, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Musiri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Musiri village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Vellore
Tehsil Wallajah
Pincode 632508
Area (hectares) 471.73 hectares
Population 1,397
Male Population 689
Female Population 708
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,028
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 8 km distance

How Musiri compares

By the 2011 count Musiri is the 55th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,096 residents. Its 471.73 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Musiri

Musiri 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 Musiri 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 8 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Musiri from other places

Musiri lies about 31 km from Vellore, and the nearest railway station is Marudalam, about 6.8 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 Musiri
Nearest town Walajapet 5.6 km
Nearest railway station Marudalam 6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Wallajah 31 km
District headquarters Vellore 31 km

Villages closest to Musiri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Musiri village had a population of 1,397. That makes it the 55th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,096 residents.

Musiri village has 689 males and 708 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Musiri has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Musiri is 632508. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Musiri covers 471.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Musiri falls under Wallajah tehsil of Vellore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Musiri is Marudalam, about 6.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 8 km distance.

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

Musiri 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.

Musiri is in Wallajah tehsil of Vellore district. Walajapet is about 5.6 km away. Marudalam is about 6.8 km away. Wallajah is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Padiyampakkam (2.3 km), Valluvambakkam (2.5 km) and Katteri (3.7 km).

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

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