By population, Rishiyur ranks #33 of 49 villages in Needamangalam mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rishiyur is a village of 1,363 people in 367 households (Census 2011) in Needamangalam taluk, Thiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, the 33rd-largest of 49 villages in Needamangalam taluk. Literacy is 66%, 6 points below the taluk average of 72% and the sex ratio is 942 women per 1,000 men. It lies 3 km from the Thiruvarur district centre, 18 km from Prathabaramapuram, the nearest town, 5 km from Koradacheri railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 614404, served by Nidamangalam post office; the LGD village code is 638156. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Needamangalam, 5 km away. The village votes in Mannargudi assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kamaraj. S. The population is estimated at 1,607 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Reshiyur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rishiyur · this village | 1,363 | 66% | — |
| Semangalam · Thiruvarur | 1,976 | 77% | 0.5 km SE |
| Odathurai · Bhavani | 9,196 | 58% | 1.8 km N |
| Kiliyanoor · Koothanallur | 2,596 | 67% | 2.4 km SE |
| Olimathi · Needamangalam | 1,736 | 79% | 2.4 km N |
| Karuvelankulam · Tirunelveli | — | — | 2.6 km SE |
| Vaiyakalathur · Needamangalam | 838 | 76% | 3.3 km NW |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
1 Temple, 2 Mosques mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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