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About Kanathur Village

Kanathur is a mid sized village in Cheyyur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 642, made up of 319 males and 323 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 137.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603305, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kanathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kanathur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Kancheepuram
Tehsil Cheyyur
Pincode 603305
Area (hectares) 137.4 hectares
Population 642
Male Population 319
Female Population 323
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,013
Bus Service (public) Available within 2 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 2 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 27 km distance

How Kanathur compares

By the 2011 count Kanathur is the 81st largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents. Its 137.4 hectares work out to about 4.7 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 Kanathur

Kanathur 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 Kanathur as Available within 2 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 2 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 27 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Kadalur, Kadappari, Kadugupattu and Kadukalur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Kanathur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kanathur village had a population of 642. That makes it the 81st largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents.

Kanathur village has 319 males and 323 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kanathur has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Kanathur is 603305. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kanathur covers 137.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Kanathur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 27 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 2 km distance and private bus service as Available within 2 km distance for Kanathur.

Kanathur is in Cheyyur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kanathur today is likely to be higher.

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