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About Voyalur Village

Voyalur is a small village in Cheyyur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 368, made up of 201 males and 167 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 831 females per 1000 males. The village covers 158.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603310, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Voyalur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Voyalur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Kancheepuram
Tehsil Cheyyur
Pincode 603310
Area (hectares) 158.52 hectares
Population 368
Male Population 201
Female Population 167
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 831
Bus Service (public) Available within 2 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 4 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 20 km distance

How Voyalur compares

By the 2011 count Voyalur is the 103rd largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents. Its 158.52 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Voyalur

Voyalur 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 Voyalur as Available within 2 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 4 km distance. 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 Voyalur from other places

Voyalur lies about 63 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Acharapakkam, about 16 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 Voyalur
Nearest town Kottaikādu 8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Cheyyur 8.2 km
Nearest railway station Acharapakkam 16 km
District headquarters Kancheepuram 63 km

Villages closest to Voyalur

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.

Common questions about Voyalur

As per the Census of India 2011, Voyalur village had a population of 368. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents.

Voyalur village has 201 males and 167 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Voyalur has about 831 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 Voyalur is 603310. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Voyalur covers 158.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Voyalur is Acharapakkam, about 16 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 2 km distance and private bus service as Available within 4 km distance for Voyalur.

Voyalur is about 63 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Voyalur is in Cheyyur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Kottaikādu is about 8.1 km away. Cheyyur is about 8.2 km away. Acharapakkam is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pondur (1.5 km), Panayadivakkam (1.8 km) and Chitharkadu (2.0 km).

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

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