About Kanur Village

Kanur is a large village in Kattumannarkoil tehsil, in the district of Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,046, made up of 1,517 males and 1,529 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 567.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 608701, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Cuddalore
Tehsil	Kattumannarkoil
Pincode	608701
Area (hectares)	567.29 hectares
Population	3,046
Male Population	1,517
Female Population	1,529
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,008
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kanur compares

By the 2011 count Kanur is the 16th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,473 residents. Its 567.29 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Kanur

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

Kanur lies about 51 km from Cuddalore, and the nearest railway station is Neyveli, about 16 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 Kanur
Nearest railway station	Neyveli	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kattumannarkoil	17 km
District headquarters	Cuddalore	51 km

Villages closest to Kanur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanur village had a population of 3,046. That makes it the 16th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,473 residents.

Kanur village has 1,517 males and 1,529 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanur has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Kanur is 608701. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanur covers 567.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kanur falls under Kattumannarkoil tehsil of Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Kanur is Neyveli, about 16 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 Kanur.

Kanur is about 51 km from Cuddalore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanur is in Kattumannarkoil tehsil of Cuddalore district. Neyveli is about 16 km away. Kattumannarkoil is about 17 km away. Cuddalore is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.