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About Anaiyur Village

Anaiyur is a large village in Sivakasi tehsil, in the district of Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,919, made up of 2,408 males and 2,511 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1834.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 626124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Anaiyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anaiyur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Virudhunagar
Tehsil Sivakasi
Pincode 626124
Area (hectares) 1834.27 hectares
Population 4,919
Male Population 2,408
Female Population 2,511
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,043
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Anaiyur compares

By the 2011 count Anaiyur is the 11th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,943 residents. Its 1834.27 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Anaiyur

Anaiyur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Anaiyur 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 Anaiyur from other places

Anaiyur lies about 23 km from Virudhunagar, and the nearest railway station is Sivakasi, about 2.9 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 Anaiyur
Nearest railway station Sivakasi 2.9 km
District headquarters Virudhunagar 23 km

Villages closest to Anaiyur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Anaiyur village had a population of 4,919. That makes it the 11th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,943 residents.

Anaiyur village has 2,408 males and 2,511 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anaiyur has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Anaiyur is 626124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Anaiyur covers 1834.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Anaiyur falls under Sivakasi tehsil of Virudhunagar district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Anaiyur is Sivakasi, about 2.9 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 Anaiyur.

Anaiyur is about 23 km from Virudhunagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Anaiyur is in Sivakasi tehsil of Virudhunagar district. Sivakasi is about 2.9 km away. Virudhunagar is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Maraneri (2.6 km), Sithurajapuram (3.7 km) and Pallapatti (4.0 km).

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

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