About Sellur Village

Sellur is a large village in Thirunallar Taluk tehsil, in the district of Karaikal, Puducherry. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,482, made up of 1,210 males and 1,272 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 320.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 609607, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sellur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sellur village
Description	Value
State	Puducherry
District	Karaikal
Tehsil	Thirunallar Taluk
Pincode	609607
Area (hectares)	320.46 hectares
Population	2,482
Male Population	1,210
Female Population	1,272
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,051
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sellur compares

By the 2011 count Sellur is the 10th largest of the 16 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,501 residents. Its 320.46 hectares work out to about 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Sellur

Sellur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sellur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sellur from other places

Sellur lies about 16 km from Karaikal, and the nearest railway station is Andanapettai, about 2.3 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 Sellur
Nearest railway station	Andanapettai	2.3 km
Nearest town	Nagapattinam	2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thirunallar Taluk	16 km
District headquarters	Karaikal	16 km

Villages closest to Sellur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Thirunallar Taluk 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.

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Common questions about Sellur

As per the Census of India 2011, Sellur village had a population of 2,482. That makes it the 10th largest of the 16 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,501 residents.

Sellur village has 1,210 males and 1,272 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sellur has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Sellur is 609607. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sellur covers 320.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sellur falls under Thirunallar Taluk tehsil of Karaikal district in Puducherry.

The nearest railway station to Sellur is Andanapettai, about 2.3 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 village for Sellur.

Sellur is about 16 km from Karaikal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sellur is in Thirunallar Taluk tehsil of Karaikal district. Andanapettai is about 2.3 km away. Nagapattinam is about 2.7 km away. Thirunallar Taluk is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.