About Kattur Village

Kattur is a small village in Harur tehsil, in the district of Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 249, made up of 129 males and 120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 252.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 635305, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kattur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kattur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Dharmapuri
Tehsil	Harur
Pincode	635305
Area (hectares)	252.29 hectares
Population	249
Male Population	129
Female Population	120
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kattur compares

By the 2011 count Kattur is the 138th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,238 residents. Its 252.29 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Kattur

Kattur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kattur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Kattur from other places

Kattur lies about 64 km from Dharmapuri, and the nearest railway station is Peddanayakkanpalaiyam, about 23 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 Kattur
Nearest town	Vadakkanandal	21 km
Nearest railway station	Peddanayakkanpalaiyam	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Harur	33 km
District headquarters	Dharmapuri	64 km

Villages closest to Kattur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kattur village had a population of 249. That makes it the 138th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,238 residents.

Kattur village has 129 males and 120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kattur has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Kattur is 635305. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kattur covers 252.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kattur falls under Harur tehsil of Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Kattur is Peddanayakkanpalaiyam, about 23 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kattur.

Kattur is about 64 km from Dharmapuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kattur is in Harur tehsil of Dharmapuri district. Vadakkanandal is about 21 km away. Peddanayakkanpalaiyam is about 23 km away. Harur is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.