About Kovilporaiyur Village

Kovilporaiyur is a large village in Gingee tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,127, made up of 2,007 males and 2,120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,056 females per 1000 males. The village covers 849.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kovilporaiyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kovilporaiyur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Gingee
Pincode	604201
Area (hectares)	849.91 hectares
Population	4,127
Male Population	2,007
Female Population	2,120
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,056
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 30 km distance

How Kovilporaiyur compares

By the 2011 count Kovilporaiyur is the 13th 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 849.91 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Kovilporaiyur

Kovilporaiyur 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 Kovilporaiyur 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 30 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kovilporaiyur from other places

Kovilporaiyur lies about 51 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Agaram Sibbandi, about 19 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 Kovilporaiyur
Nearest railway station	Agaram Sibbandi	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gingee	19 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	51 km

Villages closest to Kovilporaiyur

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 Kovilporaiyur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kovilporaiyur village had a population of 4,127. That makes it the 13th 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.

Kovilporaiyur village has 2,007 males and 2,120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kovilporaiyur has about 1056 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Kovilporaiyur is 604201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kovilporaiyur covers 849.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kovilporaiyur is Agaram Sibbandi, about 19 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 30 km distance.

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

Kovilporaiyur is about 51 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kovilporaiyur is in Gingee tehsil of Viluppuram district. Agaram Sibbandi is about 19 km away. Gingee is about 19 km away. Viluppuram is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.