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About Kalliparai Village

Kalliparai is a small village in Sankarapuram tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 463, made up of 240 males and 223 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 617.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 606401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalliparai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalliparai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Viluppuram
Tehsil Sankarapuram
Pincode 606401
Area (hectares) 617.85 hectares
Population 463
Male Population 240
Female Population 223
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 929
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalliparai compares

By the 2011 count Kalliparai is the 167th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents. Its 617.85 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Kalliparai

Kalliparai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kalliparai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kalliparai from other places

Kalliparai lies about 84 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Melnariyappanur, about 38 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 Kalliparai
Nearest town Vadakkanandal 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Sankarapuram 22 km
Nearest railway station Melnariyappanur 38 km
District headquarters Viluppuram 84 km

Villages closest to Kalliparai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sankarapuram 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 Kalliparai

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalliparai village had a population of 463. That makes it the 167th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents.

Kalliparai village has 240 males and 223 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalliparai has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Kalliparai is 606401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalliparai covers 617.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kalliparai falls under Sankarapuram tehsil of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Kalliparai is Melnariyappanur, about 38 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kalliparai.

Kalliparai is about 84 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalliparai is in Sankarapuram tehsil of Viluppuram district. Vadakkanandal is about 22 km away. Sankarapuram is about 22 km away. Melnariyappanur is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gudaram (2.0 km), Perumanatham (4.6 km) and Alannur (5.7 km).

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

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