About Modaiyur Village

Modaiyur is a large village in Gingee tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,878, made up of 1,984 males and 1,894 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 955 females per 1000 males. The village covers 979.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Modaiyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Modaiyur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Gingee
Pincode	604206
Area (hectares)	979.41 hectares
Population	3,878
Male Population	1,984
Female Population	1,894
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	955
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 17 km distance

How Modaiyur compares

By the 2011 count Modaiyur is the 16th largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents. Its 979.41 hectares work out to about 4.0 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 987.

Getting to Modaiyur

Modaiyur 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 Modaiyur 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 17 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Modaiyur from other places

Modaiyur lies about 33 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Nedimolyanur, about 14 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 Modaiyur
Tehsil headquarters	Gingee	8.4 km
Nearest railway station	Nedimolyanur	14 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	33 km

Villages closest to Modaiyur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Modaiyur village had a population of 3,878. That makes it the 16th largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents.

Modaiyur village has 1,984 males and 1,894 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Modaiyur has about 955 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 987.

The pincode recorded for Modaiyur is 604206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Modaiyur covers 979.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Modaiyur falls under Gingee tehsil of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Modaiyur is Nedimolyanur, about 14 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Modaiyur.

Modaiyur is about 33 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Modaiyur is in Gingee tehsil of Viluppuram district. Gingee is about 8.4 km away. Nedimolyanur is about 14 km away. Viluppuram is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.