Rajapalayam Taluka - Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu

Rajapalayam is an administrative taluka in the Virudhunagar 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 Rajapalayam, while the nearest airport is Tuticorin Airport, located at an approximate aerial distance of 70.4 km.

According to the 2011 Census, the total area of the taluka was 466 km², including 409.73 km² of rural area and 56.10 km² of urban area. The sex ratio was 1004 females per 1,000 males.

List of Villages in Rajapalayam Taluka

Rajapalayam Taluka has a total of 39 villages. The table below includes all villages in the Taluka, along with their Gram Panchayat and category details:

Sl. No.Village NameCategoryGram Panchayat
1AppaneriRuralSouth Venganallur
2ArasiyarpattiRuralKalangaperi
3Ayan KollankondanRuralNakkaneri
4Ayankollankondan-2RuralKrishnapuram
5ChettiarpattiUrbanNot applicable
6ChokkanathaputturRuralMelur Duraisamypuram
7Cholapuram-2RuralCholapuram
8Dhalavoipuram (Ct)RuralDhalavoipuram
9IlandiraikondanRuralIlanthiraikondan
10KadambankulamRuralSouth Venganallur
11KollankondanRuralZamin Kollankondan
12Kollankondan R.F.RuralZamin Kollankondan
13KothankulamRuralKothankulam
14Kothankulam RfRuralKothankulam
15KovilurRuralSouth Devadhanam
16MelapattamkarisalkulamRuralMelappattamkarisalkulam
17Melarajakularaman (Part)RuralMelarajakularaman
18Melur ThuraisamiyapuramRuralMelur Duraisamypuram
19MettupattiRuralPuthur
20MuthusamipuramRuralMuthusamypuram
21NallamangalamRuralZamin Nallamangalam
22NathampattiRuralKilavikulam
23PudupalaiyamRuralSouth Venganallur
24PuthurRuralPuthur
25RajapalayamRuralInam Chettikulam
26Ramalingapuram (Ct)RuralS. Ramalingapuram
27ReghunathapuramRuralP. Ramachandrapuram
28SammandapuramRuralMelappattamkarisalkulam
29Samusigapuram (Ct)RuralSamusigapuram
30Sappaniparambu (R.F)RuralMelappattamkarisalkulam
31Settur RfRuralDhalavoipuram
32SholapuramRuralNallamanaickenpatti
33SolaicheriRuralSolaiseri
34SundararajapuramRuralSundararajapuram
35Terku DevadanamRuralSouth Devadhanam
36TerkuvenganallurRuralSouth Venganallur
37TiruchalurRuralKrishnapuram
38Vadakku VenganallurRuralKrishnapuram
39VadakkudevadanamRuralNorth Devadhanam

Population of Rajapalayam Taluka

According to the 2011 Census, Rajapalayam Taluka had a total population of 3,47,668 people living in 1,00,543 households. The population comprised 1,73,529 males and 1,74,139 females, with an average population density of 746 people per km². The table below provides a rural-urban comparison of these statistics.

CategoryTotalRuralUrban
Total Population3,47,6681,54,8981,92,770
Male Population1,73,52977,60195,928
Female Population1,74,13977,29796,842
Total Households1,00,54344,67455,869
Population Density746 / km²378 / km²3,436 / km²

Rajapalayam Taluka had 2,55,068 literate people and 33,499 children in the 0–6 age group. Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) populations were 76,569 and 545 respectively. The table below presents their rural and urban distribution.

CategoryTotalRuralUrban
Child Population (Age 0–6)33,49915,64017,859
Literate Population2,55,0681,08,5331,46,535
Illiterate Population92,60046,36546,235
Scheduled Caste (SC) Population76,56948,75627,813
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population545411134

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.