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About Kiltiruthangal Village

Kiltiruthangal 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 5,439, made up of 2,698 males and 2,741 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1252.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 626189, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kiltiruthangal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kiltiruthangal village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Virudhunagar
Tehsil Sivakasi
Pincode 626189
Area (hectares) 1252.3 hectares
Population 5,439
Male Population 2,698
Female Population 2,741
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,016
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Kiltiruthangal compares

By the 2011 count Kiltiruthangal is the 10th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,943 residents. Its 1252.3 hectares work out to about 4.3 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 Kiltiruthangal

Kiltiruthangal 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 Kiltiruthangal 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kiltiruthangal from other places

Kiltiruthangal lies about 18 km from Virudhunagar, and the nearest railway station is Tiruttangal, about under 2 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 Kiltiruthangal
Nearest railway station Tiruttangal under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Sivakasi 3.2 km
District headquarters Virudhunagar 18 km

Villages closest to Kiltiruthangal

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 Kiltiruthangal

As per the Census of India 2011, Kiltiruthangal village had a population of 5,439. That makes it the 10th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,943 residents.

Kiltiruthangal village has 2,698 males and 2,741 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kiltiruthangal has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Kiltiruthangal is 626189. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kiltiruthangal covers 1252.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kiltiruthangal is Tiruttangal, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Kiltiruthangal is about 18 km from Virudhunagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kiltiruthangal is in Sivakasi tehsil of Virudhunagar district. Tiruttangal is about under 2 km away. Sivakasi is about 3.2 km away. Virudhunagar is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thiruthangal (under 2 km), Naranapuram (4.4 km) and Anaiyur (5.4 km).

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

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