About Kanthalur Village

Kanthalur is a small village in Chengalpattu tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 396, made up of 202 males and 194 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 148.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanthalur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanthalur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Chengalpattu
Pincode	603002
Area (hectares)	148.02 hectares
Population	396
Male Population	202
Female Population	194
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	960
Bus Service (public)	Available within 1 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 3 km distance

How Kanthalur compares

By the 2011 count Kanthalur is the 119th 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 148.02 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Kanthalur

Kanthalur 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 Kanthalur as Available within 1 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 3 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kanthalur from other places

Kanthalur lies about 33 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Paranur, about under 2 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 Kanthalur
Nearest railway station	Paranur	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chengalpattu	3.2 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	33 km

Villages closest to Kanthalur

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 Kanthalur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanthalur village had a population of 396. That makes it the 119th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents.

Kanthalur village has 202 males and 194 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanthalur has about 960 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Kanthalur is 603002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanthalur covers 148.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kanthalur is Paranur, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 3 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 1 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kanthalur.

Kanthalur is about 33 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kanthalur is in Chengalpattu tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Paranur is about under 2 km away. Chengalpattu is about 3.2 km away. Kancheepuram is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.