About Palappattu Village

Palappattu is a mid sized village in Gingee tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,829, made up of 953 males and 876 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 919 females per 1000 males. The village covers 400.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palappattu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palappattu village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Gingee
Pincode	604205
Area (hectares)	400.27 hectares
Population	1,829
Male Population	953
Female Population	876
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	919
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 28 km distance

How Palappattu compares

By the 2011 count Palappattu is the 78th largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents. Its 400.27 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Palappattu

Palappattu 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 Palappattu 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 28 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palappattu from other places

Palappattu lies about 28 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Perani, about 15 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 Palappattu
Tehsil headquarters	Gingee	8.3 km
Nearest railway station	Perani	15 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	28 km

Villages closest to Palappattu

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 Palappattu

As per the Census of India 2011, Palappattu village had a population of 1,829. That makes it the 78th largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents.

Palappattu village has 953 males and 876 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palappattu has about 919 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Palappattu is 604205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palappattu covers 400.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Palappattu is Perani, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 28 km distance.

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

Palappattu is about 28 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palappattu is in Gingee tehsil of Viluppuram district. Gingee is about 8.3 km away. Perani is about 15 km away. Viluppuram is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.