About Pondur Village

Pondur is a mid sized village in Cheyyur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,557, made up of 762 males and 795 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 320.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pondur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pondur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Cheyyur
Pincode	603401
Area (hectares)	320.85 hectares
Population	1,557
Male Population	762
Female Population	795
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,043
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 25 km distance

How Pondur compares

By the 2011 count Pondur is the 39th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents. Its 320.85 hectares work out to about 4.9 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 Pondur

Pondur 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 Pondur 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 25 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pondur from other places

Pondur lies about 62 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Acharapakkam, about 15 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 Pondur
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyur	9.2 km
Nearest town	Kottaikādu	9.5 km
Nearest railway station	Acharapakkam	15 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	62 km

Villages closest to Pondur

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 Pondur

As per the Census of India 2011, Pondur village had a population of 1,557. That makes it the 39th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents.

Pondur village has 762 males and 795 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pondur has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Pondur is 603401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pondur covers 320.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Pondur is Acharapakkam, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 25 km distance.

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

Pondur is about 62 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pondur is in Cheyyur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Cheyyur is about 9.2 km away. Kottaikādu is about 9.5 km away. Acharapakkam is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.