About Chithamur Village

Chithamur is a small village in Cheyyur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 445, made up of 224 males and 221 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 987 females per 1000 males. The village covers 177.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chithamur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chithamur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Cheyyur
Pincode	603313
Area (hectares)	177.95 hectares
Population	445
Male Population	224
Female Population	221
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	987
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 2 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 12 km distance

How Chithamur compares

By the 2011 count Chithamur is the 97th 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 177.95 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Chithamur

Chithamur 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 Chithamur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 2 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 12 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chithamur from other places

Chithamur lies about 52 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Melmaruvattur, about 6.8 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 Chithamur
Nearest railway station	Melmaruvattur	6.8 km
Nearest town	Madurāntakam	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyur	14 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	52 km

Villages closest to Chithamur

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 Chithamur

As per the Census of India 2011, Chithamur village had a population of 445. That makes it the 97th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents.

Chithamur village has 224 males and 221 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chithamur has about 987 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 989.

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

Chithamur covers 177.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chithamur is Melmaruvattur, about 6.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 12 km distance.

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

Chithamur is about 52 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chithamur is in Cheyyur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Melmaruvattur is about 6.8 km away. Madurāntakam is about 11 km away. Cheyyur is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.