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About Munivalai Village

Munivalai is a large village in Sankarapuram tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,377, made up of 1,184 males and 1,193 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 437.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 606205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Munivalai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Munivalai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Viluppuram
Tehsil Sankarapuram
Pincode 606205
Area (hectares) 437.55 hectares
Population 2,377
Male Population 1,184
Female Population 1,193
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,008
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Munivalai compares

By the 2011 count Munivalai is the 63rd largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents. Its 437.55 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Munivalai

Munivalai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Munivalai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Munivalai from other places

Munivalai lies about 43 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Tirukkovilur, about 20 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 Munivalai
Nearest town Tirukkoyilur 17 km
Nearest railway station Tirukkovilur 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Sankarapuram 22 km
District headquarters Viluppuram 43 km

Villages closest to Munivalai

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 Munivalai

As per the Census of India 2011, Munivalai village had a population of 2,377. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents.

Munivalai village has 1,184 males and 1,193 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Munivalai has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Munivalai is 606205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Munivalai covers 437.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Munivalai is Tirukkovilur, about 20 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Munivalai.

Munivalai is about 43 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Munivalai is in Sankarapuram tehsil of Viluppuram district. Tirukkoyilur is about 17 km away. Tirukkovilur is about 20 km away. Sankarapuram is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Vengalam (2.1 km), Pasar (2.6 km) and Muttiyam (2.8 km).

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

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