About Porur Village

Porur is a mid sized village in Cheyyur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,191, made up of 584 males and 607 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 462.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Porur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Porur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Cheyyur
Pincode	603313
Area (hectares)	462.83 hectares
Population	1,191
Male Population	584
Female Population	607
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,039
Bus Service (public)	Available within 2 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 2 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 14 km distance

How Porur compares

By the 2011 count Porur is the 57th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents. Its 462.83 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 Porur

Porur 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 Porur 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 14 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Porur from other places

Porur lies about 58 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Acharapakkam, about 11 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 Porur
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyur	10 km
Nearest railway station	Acharapakkam	11 km
Nearest town	Kottaikādu	13 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	58 km

Villages closest to Porur

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 Porur

As per the Census of India 2011, Porur village had a population of 1,191. That makes it the 57th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents.

Porur village has 584 males and 607 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Porur has about 1039 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Porur is 603313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Porur covers 462.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Porur is Acharapakkam, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 14 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 Porur.

Porur is about 58 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Porur is in Cheyyur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Cheyyur is about 10 km away. Acharapakkam is about 11 km away. Kottaikādu is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.