About Padur Village

Padur is one of the larger villages in Chengalpattu tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,710, made up of 2,974 males and 2,736 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 703.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Padur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Padur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Chengalpattu
Pincode	603103
Area (hectares)	703.91 hectares
Population	5,710
Male Population	2,974
Female Population	2,736
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	920
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 25 km distance

How Padur compares

By the 2011 count Padur is the 10th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents. Its 703.91 hectares work out to about 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Padur

Padur 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 Padur 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 25 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Padur from other places

Padur lies about 19 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Palayasivaram, about 9.6 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 Padur
Nearest railway station	Palayasivaram	9.6 km
Nearest town	Uttiramerūr	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chengalpattu	17 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	19 km

Villages closest to Padur

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 Padur

As per the Census of India 2011, Padur village had a population of 5,710. That makes it the 10th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents.

Padur village has 2,974 males and 2,736 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Padur has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Padur is 603103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Padur covers 703.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Padur is Palayasivaram, about 9.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 25 km distance.

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

Padur is about 19 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Padur is in Chengalpattu tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Palayasivaram is about 9.6 km away. Uttiramerūr is about 13 km away. Chengalpattu is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.