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About Torappadi Village

Torappadi is a mid sized village in Gingee tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,009, made up of 528 males and 481 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 291.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Torappadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Torappadi village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Viluppuram
Tehsil Gingee
Pincode 604204
Area (hectares) 291.58 hectares
Population 1,009
Male Population 528
Female Population 481
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 911
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 45 km distance

How Torappadi compares

By the 2011 count Torappadi is the 155th largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents. Its 291.58 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 Torappadi

Torappadi 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 Torappadi 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 45 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Torappadi from other places

Torappadi lies about 45 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Agaram Sibbandi, about 26 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 Torappadi
Tehsil headquarters Gingee 12 km
Nearest railway station Agaram Sibbandi 26 km
District headquarters Viluppuram 45 km

Villages closest to Torappadi

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.

Common questions about Torappadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Torappadi village had a population of 1,009. That makes it the 155th largest of the 234 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents.

Torappadi village has 528 males and 481 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Torappadi has about 911 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 Torappadi is 604204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Torappadi covers 291.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Torappadi is Agaram Sibbandi, about 26 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 45 km distance.

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

Torappadi is about 45 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Torappadi is in Gingee tehsil of Viluppuram district. Gingee is about 12 km away. Agaram Sibbandi is about 26 km away. Viluppuram is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Melmambattu (under 2 km), Siyappundi (under 2 km) and Vadapalai (2.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Torappadi today is likely to be higher.

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