About Kattur Village

Kattur is a mid sized village in Chengalpattu tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 690, made up of 343 males and 347 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 544.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603110, 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	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Chengalpattu
Pincode	603110
Area (hectares)	544.4 hectares
Population	690
Male Population	343
Female Population	347
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,012
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 4 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 26 km distance

How Kattur compares

By the 2011 count Kattur is the 93rd largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents. Its 544.4 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Kattur

Kattur 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 Kattur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 4 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 26 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 49 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Kattangulathur, about 15 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	Unamaucheri	14 km
Nearest railway station	Kattangulathur	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chengalpattu	19 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	49 km

Villages closest to Kattur

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 Kattur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kattur village had a population of 690. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents.

Kattur village has 343 males and 347 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kattur has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 973.

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

Kattur covers 544.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Kattur is Kattangulathur, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 26 km distance.

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

Kattur is about 49 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kattur is in Chengalpattu tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Unamaucheri is about 14 km away. Kattangulathur is about 15 km away. Chengalpattu is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.