About Appur Village

Appur is a mid sized village in Chengalpattu tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,244, made up of 603 males and 641 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,063 females per 1000 males. The village covers 488.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Appur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Appur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Chengalpattu
Pincode	603204
Area (hectares)	488.72 hectares
Population	1,244
Male Population	603
Female Population	641
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,063
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 14 km distance

How Appur compares

By the 2011 count Appur is the 65th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents. Its 488.72 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Appur

Appur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Appur 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 14 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Appur from other places

Appur lies about 30 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Maraimalai Nagar Kamarajar, about 4.6 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 Appur
Nearest railway station	Maraimalai Nagar Kamarajar	4.6 km
Nearest town	Maraimalainagar	5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chengalpattu	12 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	30 km

Villages closest to Appur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Appur village had a population of 1,244. That makes it the 65th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents.

Appur village has 603 males and 641 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Appur has about 1063 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Appur is 603204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Appur covers 488.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Appur falls under Chengalpattu tehsil of Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Appur is Maraimalai Nagar Kamarajar, about 4.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 14 km distance.

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

Appur is about 30 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Appur is in Chengalpattu tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Maraimalai Nagar Kamarajar is about 4.6 km away. Maraimalainagar is about 5.1 km away. Chengalpattu is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.