About Sholanur Village

Sholanur is a mid sized village in Pollachi tehsil, in the district of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,693, made up of 876 males and 817 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 642.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 642002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sholanur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sholanur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Coimbatore
Tehsil	Pollachi
Pincode	642002
Area (hectares)	642.53 hectares
Population	1,693
Male Population	876
Female Population	817
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sholanur compares

By the 2011 count Sholanur is the 75th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,795 residents. Its 642.53 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Sholanur

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

Sholanur lies about 32 km from Coimbatore, and the nearest railway station is Kovilpalaiyam, about 3.1 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 Sholanur
Nearest railway station	Kovilpalaiyam	3.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pollachi	8.7 km
District headquarters	Coimbatore	32 km

Villages closest to Sholanur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sholanur village had a population of 1,693. That makes it the 75th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,795 residents.

Sholanur village has 876 males and 817 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sholanur has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Sholanur is 642002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sholanur covers 642.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sholanur falls under Pollachi tehsil of Coimbatore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Sholanur is Kovilpalaiyam, about 3.1 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 Sholanur.

Sholanur is about 32 km from Coimbatore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sholanur is in Pollachi tehsil of Coimbatore district. Kovilpalaiyam is about 3.1 km away. Pollachi is about 8.7 km away. Coimbatore is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.