About Lathur Village

Lathur is a mid sized village in Cheyyur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,273, made up of 662 males and 611 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 427.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lathur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Cheyyur
Pincode	603312
Area (hectares)	427.38 hectares
Population	1,273
Male Population	662
Female Population	611
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	923
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 24 km distance

How Lathur compares

By the 2011 count Lathur is the 48th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents. Its 427.38 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Lathur

Lathur 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 Lathur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 24 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Lathur from other places

Lathur lies about 52 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Karunguzhi, about 12 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 Lathur
Nearest railway station	Karunguzhi	12 km
Nearest town	Madurāntakam	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyur	14 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	52 km

Villages closest to Lathur

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 Lathur

As per the Census of India 2011, Lathur village had a population of 1,273. That makes it the 48th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents.

Lathur village has 662 males and 611 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lathur has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

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

Lathur covers 427.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Lathur is Karunguzhi, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 24 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Lathur.

Lathur 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.

Lathur is in Cheyyur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Karunguzhi is about 12 km away. Madurāntakam is about 14 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.