About Palapattu Village

Palapattu is a mid sized village in Tindivanam tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 592, made up of 289 males and 303 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 218.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 605651, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palapattu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palapattu village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Tindivanam
Pincode	605651
Area (hectares)	218.22 hectares
Population	592
Male Population	289
Female Population	303
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,048
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 22 km distance

How Palapattu compares

By the 2011 count Palapattu is the 169th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,624 residents. Its 218.22 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Palapattu

Palapattu 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 Palapattu 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 22 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palapattu from other places

Palapattu lies about 21 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Nedimolyanur, about 1.8 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 Palapattu
Nearest railway station	Nedimolyanur	1.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tindivanam	16 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	21 km

Villages closest to Palapattu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palapattu village had a population of 592. That makes it the 169th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,624 residents.

Palapattu village has 289 males and 303 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palapattu has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Palapattu is 605651. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palapattu covers 218.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palapattu falls under Tindivanam tehsil of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Palapattu is Nedimolyanur, about 1.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 22 km distance.

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

Palapattu is about 21 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palapattu is in Tindivanam tehsil of Viluppuram district. Nedimolyanur is about 1.8 km away. Tindivanam is about 16 km away. Viluppuram is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.