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About Yal Village

Yal is a mid sized village in Sankarapuram tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,546, made up of 779 males and 767 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 508.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 605801, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Yal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yal village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Viluppuram
Tehsil Sankarapuram
Pincode 605801
Area (hectares) 508.14 hectares
Population 1,546
Male Population 779
Female Population 767
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 985
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Yal compares

By the 2011 count Yal is the 100th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents. Its 508.14 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Yal

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

Yal lies about 52 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Tirukkovilur, about 24 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 Yal
Tehsil headquarters Sankarapuram 12 km
Nearest town Kallakkurichchi 17 km
Nearest railway station Tirukkovilur 24 km
District headquarters Viluppuram 52 km

Villages closest to Yal

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 Yal

As per the Census of India 2011, Yal village had a population of 1,546. That makes it the 100th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents.

Yal village has 779 males and 767 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yal has about 985 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Yal is 605801. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Yal covers 508.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Yal is Tirukkovilur, about 24 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Yal.

Yal is about 52 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yal is in Sankarapuram tehsil of Viluppuram district. Sankarapuram is about 12 km away. Kallakkurichchi is about 17 km away. Tirukkovilur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Porppalampattu (under 2 km), Maiyanur (1.7 km) and Aviriyur (2.2 km).

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

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