About Palur Village

Palur is a large village in Panruti tehsil, in the district of Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,161, made up of 2,065 males and 2,096 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 594.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 607105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Cuddalore
Tehsil	Panruti
Pincode	607105
Area (hectares)	594.65 hectares
Population	4,161
Male Population	2,065
Female Population	2,096
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Palur compares

By the 2011 count Palur is the 25th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,493 residents. Its 594.65 hectares work out to about 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Palur

Palur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palur 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palur from other places

Palur lies about 16 km from Cuddalore, and the nearest railway station is Melpattambakkam, about 3.2 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 Palur
Nearest railway station	Melpattambakkam	3.2 km
Nearest town	Nellikkuppam	5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Panruti	8.0 km
District headquarters	Cuddalore	16 km

Villages closest to Palur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palur village had a population of 4,161. That makes it the 25th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,493 residents.

Palur village has 2,065 males and 2,096 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palur has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Palur is 607105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palur covers 594.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Palur falls under Panruti tehsil of Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Palur is Melpattambakkam, about 3.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Palur.

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

Palur is in Panruti tehsil of Cuddalore district. Melpattambakkam is about 3.2 km away. Nellikkuppam is about 5.6 km away. Panruti is about 8.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.