About Duraiswamipuram Village

Duraiswamipuram is one of the larger villages in Sivakasi tehsil, in the district of Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 8,642, made up of 4,270 males and 4,372 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2267.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 626124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Duraiswamipuram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Duraiswamipuram village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Virudhunagar
Tehsil	Sivakasi
Pincode	626124
Area (hectares)	2267.19 hectares
Population	8,642
Male Population	4,270
Female Population	4,372
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,024
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Duraiswamipuram compares

By the 2011 count Duraiswamipuram is the 4th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 3,943 residents. Its 2267.19 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Duraiswamipuram

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

How far is Duraiswamipuram from other places

Duraiswamipuram lies about 28 km from Virudhunagar, and the nearest railway station is Sivakasi, about 8.3 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 Duraiswamipuram
Nearest railway station	Sivakasi	8.3 km
District headquarters	Virudhunagar	28 km

Villages closest to Duraiswamipuram

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.

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Common questions about Duraiswamipuram

As per the Census of India 2011, Duraiswamipuram village had a population of 8,642. That makes it the 4th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,943 residents.

Duraiswamipuram village has 4,270 males and 4,372 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Duraiswamipuram has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1017.

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

Duraiswamipuram covers 2267.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Duraiswamipuram is Sivakasi, about 8.3 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 village for Duraiswamipuram.

Duraiswamipuram is about 28 km from Virudhunagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Duraiswamipuram is in Sivakasi tehsil of Virudhunagar district. Sivakasi is about 8.3 km away. Virudhunagar is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.