About Orathur Village

Orathur is a small village in Chengalpattu tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 426, made up of 219 males and 207 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 228.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Orathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Orathur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Chengalpattu
Pincode	603105
Area (hectares)	228.89 hectares
Population	426
Male Population	219
Female Population	207
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	945
Bus Service (public)	Available within 0.5 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 11 km distance

How Orathur compares

By the 2011 count Orathur is the 116th 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 228.89 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 973.

Getting to Orathur

Orathur 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 Orathur as Available within 0.5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 11 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Orathur from other places

Orathur lies about 34 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Potheri, about 3.7 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 Orathur
Nearest railway station	Potheri	3.7 km
Nearest town	Gūduvāncheri	4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chengalpattu	18 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	34 km

Villages closest to Orathur

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 Orathur

As per the Census of India 2011, Orathur village had a population of 426. That makes it the 116th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents.

Orathur village has 219 males and 207 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Orathur has about 945 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 Orathur is 603105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Orathur covers 228.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Orathur is Potheri, about 3.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 11 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 0.5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Orathur.

Orathur is about 34 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Orathur is in Chengalpattu tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Potheri is about 3.7 km away. Gūduvāncheri is about 4.8 km away. Chengalpattu is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.