About Pettai Village

Pettai is a large village in Gingee tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,004, made up of 1,040 males and 964 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 611.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604152, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pettai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pettai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Gingee
Pincode	604152
Area (hectares)	611.12 hectares
Population	2,004
Male Population	1,040
Female Population	964
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 19 km distance

How Pettai compares

By the 2011 count Pettai is the 66th largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents. Its 611.12 hectares work out to about 3.3 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 Pettai

Pettai 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 Pettai 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 19 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pettai from other places

Pettai lies about 21 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Ayandur, 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 Pettai
Nearest railway station	Ayandur	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gingee	19 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	21 km

Villages closest to Pettai

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 Pettai

As per the Census of India 2011, Pettai village had a population of 2,004. That makes it the 66th largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents.

Pettai village has 1,040 males and 964 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pettai has about 927 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 Pettai is 604152. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pettai covers 611.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Pettai is Ayandur, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 19 km distance.

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

Pettai is about 21 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pettai is in Gingee tehsil of Viluppuram district. Ayandur is about 14 km away. Gingee is about 19 km away. Viluppuram is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.