About Padippallam Village

Padippallam is a large village in Gingee tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,639, made up of 1,371 males and 1,268 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 585.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padippallam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padippallam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Gingee
Pincode	604151
Area (hectares)	585.2 hectares
Population	2,639
Male Population	1,371
Female Population	1,268
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 35 km distance

How Padippallam compares

By the 2011 count Padippallam is the 32nd largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents. Its 585.2 hectares work out to about 4.5 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 Padippallam

Padippallam 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 Padippallam 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 35 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Padippallam from other places

Padippallam lies about 30 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Andampallam, about 22 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 Padippallam
Tehsil headquarters	Gingee	11 km
Nearest railway station	Andampallam	22 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	30 km

Villages closest to Padippallam

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 Padippallam

As per the Census of India 2011, Padippallam village had a population of 2,639. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents.

Padippallam village has 1,371 males and 1,268 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padippallam has about 925 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 Padippallam is 604151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padippallam covers 585.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Padippallam is Andampallam, about 22 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 35 km distance.

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

Padippallam is about 30 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padippallam is in Gingee tehsil of Viluppuram district. Gingee is about 11 km away. Andampallam is about 22 km away. Viluppuram is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.