About Palavanatham Village

Palavanatham is one of the larger villages in Aruppukkottai tehsil, in the district of Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,826, made up of 3,362 males and 3,464 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1837.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 626004, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palavanatham Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palavanatham village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Virudhunagar
Tehsil	Aruppukkottai
Pincode	626004
Area (hectares)	1837.6 hectares
Population	6,826
Male Population	3,362
Female Population	3,464
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,030
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Palavanatham compares

By the 2011 count Palavanatham is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,782 residents. Its 1837.6 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Palavanatham

Palavanatham is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palavanatham 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palavanatham from other places

Palavanatham lies about 6.8 km from Virudhunagar, and the nearest railway station is Virudhunagar Junction, about 7.4 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 Palavanatham
Nearest town	Virudunagar	6.7 km
District headquarters	Virudhunagar	6.8 km
Nearest railway station	Virudhunagar Junction	7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Aruppukkottai	11 km

Villages closest to Palavanatham

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palavanatham village had a population of 6,826. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,782 residents.

Palavanatham village has 3,362 males and 3,464 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palavanatham has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Palavanatham is 626004. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palavanatham covers 1837.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palavanatham falls under Aruppukkottai tehsil of Virudhunagar district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Palavanatham is Virudhunagar Junction, about 7.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Palavanatham is about 6.8 km from Virudhunagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palavanatham is in Aruppukkottai tehsil of Virudhunagar district. Virudunagar is about 6.7 km away. Virudhunagar is about 6.8 km away. Virudhunagar Junction is about 7.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.