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About Keelakolathur Village

Keelakolathur is a large village in Ariyalur tehsil, in the district of Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,012, made up of 1,426 males and 1,586 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,112 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1507.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 621715, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keelakolathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keelakolathur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Ariyalur
Tehsil Ariyalur
Pincode 621715
Area (hectares) 1507.88 hectares
Population 3,012
Male Population 1,426
Female Population 1,586
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,112
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Keelakolathur compares

By the 2011 count Keelakolathur is the 39th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,425 residents. Its 1507.88 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Keelakolathur

Keelakolathur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Keelakolathur 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 Keelakolathur from other places

Keelakolathur lies about 19 km from Ariyalur, and the nearest railway station is Pasupatikovil, about 13 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 Keelakolathur
Nearest railway station Pasupatikovil 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Ariyalur 19 km
Nearest town Ariyalūr 19 km

Villages closest to Keelakolathur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Keelakolathur village had a population of 3,012. That makes it the 39th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,425 residents.

Keelakolathur village has 1,426 males and 1,586 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keelakolathur has about 1112 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Keelakolathur is 621715. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keelakolathur covers 1507.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Keelakolathur falls under Ariyalur tehsil of Ariyalur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Keelakolathur is Pasupatikovil, about 13 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 Keelakolathur.

Keelakolathur is about 19 km from Ariyalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keelakolathur is in Ariyalur tehsil of Ariyalur district. Pasupatikovil is about 13 km away. Ariyalur is about 19 km away. Ariyalūr is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Vadugapalayam (under 2 km), Vetriyur (2.8 km) and Sullangudi (3.8 km).

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

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