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About Silampatti Village

Silampatti is a small village in Tiruchuli tehsil, in the district of Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 339, made up of 185 males and 154 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 832 females per 1000 males. The village covers 247.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 626177, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silampatti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silampatti village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Virudhunagar
Tehsil Tiruchuli
Pincode 626177
Area (hectares) 247.39 hectares
Population 339
Male Population 185
Female Population 154
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 832
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Silampatti compares

By the 2011 count Silampatti is the 86th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 948 residents. Its 247.39 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Silampatti

Silampatti is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Silampatti as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Silampatti from other places

Silampatti lies about 32 km from Virudhunagar, and the nearest railway station is Tiruchchuli, about 9.4 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 Silampatti
Tehsil headquarters Tiruchuli 9.0 km
Nearest railway station Tiruchchuli 9.4 km
Nearest town Aruppukkottai 18 km
District headquarters Virudhunagar 32 km

Villages closest to Silampatti

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silampatti village had a population of 339. That makes it the 86th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 948 residents.

Silampatti village has 185 males and 154 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silampatti has about 832 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Silampatti is 626177. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silampatti covers 247.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Silampatti falls under Tiruchuli tehsil of Virudhunagar district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Silampatti is Tiruchchuli, about 9.4 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 <5 km distance for Silampatti.

Silampatti is about 32 km from Virudhunagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silampatti is in Tiruchuli tehsil of Virudhunagar district. Tiruchuli is about 9.0 km away. Tiruchchuli is about 9.4 km away. Aruppukkottai 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 Illuppaiyur (under 2 km), Velanoorani (1.6 km) and Sethupuram (1.8 km).

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

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