About Alathur Village

Alathur is a large village in Chengalpattu tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,189, made up of 1,125 males and 1,064 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 560.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alathur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Chengalpattu
Pincode	603110
Area (hectares)	560.92 hectares
Population	2,189
Male Population	1,125
Female Population	1,064
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	946
Bus Service (public)	Available within 4 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 4 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 28 km distance

How Alathur compares

By the 2011 count Alathur is the 36th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents. Its 560.92 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Alathur

Alathur 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 Alathur as Available within 4 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 4 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 28 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Alathur from other places

Alathur lies about 54 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Maraimalai Nagar Kamarajar, about 21 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 Alathur
Nearest town	Tirukkalikkunram	16 km
Nearest railway station	Maraimalai Nagar Kamarajar	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chengalpattu	22 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	54 km

Villages closest to Alathur

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 Alathur

As per the Census of India 2011, Alathur village had a population of 2,189. That makes it the 36th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents.

Alathur village has 1,125 males and 1,064 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alathur has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Alathur is 603110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alathur covers 560.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Alathur is Maraimalai Nagar Kamarajar, about 21 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 28 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 4 km distance and private bus service as Available within 4 km distance for Alathur.

Alathur is about 54 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alathur is in Chengalpattu tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Tirukkalikkunram is about 16 km away. Maraimalai Nagar Kamarajar is about 21 km away. Chengalpattu is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.