About Arasur Village

Arasur is a large village in Cheyyur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,779, made up of 1,883 males and 1,896 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 795.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Arasur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Arasur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Cheyyur
Pincode	603401
Area (hectares)	795.11 hectares
Population	3,779
Male Population	1,883
Female Population	1,896
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,007
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 20 km distance

How Arasur compares

By the 2011 count Arasur is the 8th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents. Its 795.11 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Arasur

Arasur 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 Arasur 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 20 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Arasur from other places

Arasur lies about 64 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Tozhuppedu, about 13 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 Arasur
Nearest town	Marakkanam	13 km
Nearest railway station	Tozhuppedu	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyur	17 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	64 km

Villages closest to Arasur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Cheyyur 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 Arasur

As per the Census of India 2011, Arasur village had a population of 3,779. That makes it the 8th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents.

Arasur village has 1,883 males and 1,896 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Arasur has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Arasur is 603401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Arasur covers 795.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Arasur falls under Cheyyur tehsil of Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Arasur is Tozhuppedu, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 20 km distance.

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

Arasur is about 64 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Arasur is in Cheyyur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Marakkanam is about 13 km away. Tozhuppedu is about 13 km away. Cheyyur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.