About Kolathur Village

Kolathur is a mid sized village in Cheyyur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,206, made up of 583 males and 623 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 252.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603310, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kolathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kolathur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Cheyyur
Pincode	603310
Area (hectares)	252.24 hectares
Population	1,206
Male Population	583
Female Population	623
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,069
Bus Service (public)	Available within 2 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 km distance

How Kolathur compares

By the 2011 count Kolathur is the 53rd largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents. Its 252.24 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Kolathur

Kolathur 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 Kolathur as Available within 2 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kolathur from other places

Kolathur lies about 72 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Tozhuppedu, about 24 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 Kolathur
Nearest town	Kottaikādu	2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyur	13 km
Nearest railway station	Tozhuppedu	24 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	72 km

Villages closest to Kolathur

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 Kolathur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kolathur village had a population of 1,206. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents.

Kolathur village has 583 males and 623 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kolathur has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Kolathur is 603310. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kolathur covers 252.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kolathur is Tozhuppedu, about 24 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 km distance.

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

Kolathur is about 72 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kolathur is in Cheyyur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Kottaikādu is about 2.7 km away. Cheyyur is about 13 km away. Tozhuppedu is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.