About Palur Village

Palur is a mid sized village in Cheyyur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 840, made up of 449 males and 391 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 435.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Cheyyur
Pincode	603312
Area (hectares)	435.21 hectares
Population	840
Male Population	449
Female Population	391
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	871
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 9 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 32 km distance

How Palur compares

By the 2011 count Palur is the 71st largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents. Its 435.21 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Palur

Palur 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 Palur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 9 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 32 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palur from other places

Palur lies about 54 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Melmaruvattur, about 8.4 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 Palur
Nearest railway station	Melmaruvattur	8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyur	12 km
Nearest town	Madurāntakam	14 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	54 km

Villages closest to Palur

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 Palur

As per the Census of India 2011, Palur village had a population of 840. That makes it the 71st largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents.

Palur village has 449 males and 391 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palur has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Palur is 603312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palur covers 435.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Palur is Melmaruvattur, about 8.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 32 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 9 km distance for Palur.

Palur is about 54 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palur is in Cheyyur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Melmaruvattur is about 8.4 km away. Cheyyur is about 12 km away. Madurāntakam is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.