Sivagiri Taluka - Tenkasi, Tamil Nadu

Sivagiri is an administrative taluka in the Tenkasi district of Tamil Nadu, India. It includes various villages governed through Gram Panchayats and forms part of the district's rural administration. The nearest railway station is situated at Pamba Kovil Shandy, while the nearest airport is Tuticorin Airport, located at an approximate aerial distance of 68.6 km.

According to the 2011 Census, the total area of the taluka was 534 km², including 412.63 km² of rural area and 121.06 km² of urban area. The sex ratio was 1032 females per 1,000 males.

List of Villages in Sivagiri Taluka

Sivagiri Taluka has a total of 22 villages. The table below includes all villages in the Taluka, along with their Gram Panchayat and category details:

Sl. No.Village NameCategoryGram Panchayat
1AriyurRuralAriyoor
2DarukapuramRuralDharugapuram
3GudalurRuralSangupuram
4Inam KovilpattiRuralInamkovilpatti
5Naranapuram Part 1RuralNaranapuram
6Naranapuram Part 2UrbanNot applicable
7Nelkattum SevalRuralNelkattumseval
8PattakurichiRuralAriyoor
9RamanathapuramRuralRamanathapuram
10Rayagiri Part 1RuralUllar Thalavaipuram
11Rayagiri Part 2UrbanNot applicable
12SanganapperiRuralSanganaperi
13Sivagiri Part 1UrbanNot applicable
14Sivagiri Part 2UrbanNot applicable
15Sivagiri Reserve ForestRuralThirumalapuram
16SubramanyapuramRuralSubramaniyapuram
17Thenmalai Part 1RuralThenmalai
18Thenmalai Part 2RuralDuraisamiyapuram
19TirumalapuramRuralThirumalapuram
20VasudevanallurUrbanNot applicable
21Viswanathaperi Part 1RuralViswanathaperi
22Viswanathaperi Part 2RuralDevipattanam

Population of Sivagiri Taluka

According to the 2011 Census, Sivagiri Taluka had a total population of 1,94,156 people living in 54,421 households. The population comprised 95,537 males and 98,619 females, with an average population density of 364 people per km². The table below provides a rural-urban comparison of these statistics.

CategoryTotalRuralUrban
Total Population1,94,15672,4981,21,658
Male Population95,53735,26960,268
Female Population98,61937,22961,390
Total Households54,42121,31333,108
Population Density364 / km²176 / km²1,005 / km²

Sivagiri Taluka had 1,28,637 literate people and 19,341 children in the 0–6 age group. Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) populations were 47,215 and 930 respectively. The table below presents their rural and urban distribution.

CategoryTotalRuralUrban
Child Population (Age 0–6)19,3417,24312,098
Literate Population1,28,63746,18582,452
Illiterate Population65,51926,31339,206
Scheduled Caste (SC) Population47,21524,60122,614
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population930108822

NOTE: Population and area figures shown here are based on Census 2011. Administrative boundaries may have changed, so the figures may include combined values for areas that were reorganized later.