About Poraiyur Village

Poraiyur is a mid sized village in Cheyyur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,703, made up of 859 males and 844 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 483.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603319, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Poraiyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Poraiyur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Cheyyur
Pincode	603319
Area (hectares)	483.41 hectares
Population	1,703
Male Population	859
Female Population	844
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	983
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 2 km distance

How Poraiyur compares

By the 2011 count Poraiyur is the 37th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents. Its 483.41 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 Poraiyur

Poraiyur 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 Poraiyur as Available within 5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 2 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Poraiyur from other places

Poraiyur lies about 47 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Melmaruvattur, about 2.1 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 Poraiyur
Nearest railway station	Melmaruvattur	2.1 km
Nearest town	Madurāntakam	9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyur	19 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	47 km

Villages closest to Poraiyur

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 Poraiyur

As per the Census of India 2011, Poraiyur village had a population of 1,703. That makes it the 37th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents.

Poraiyur village has 859 males and 844 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Poraiyur has about 983 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 Poraiyur is 603319. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Poraiyur covers 483.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Poraiyur is Melmaruvattur, about 2.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 2 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 km distance for Poraiyur.

Poraiyur is about 47 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Poraiyur is in Cheyyur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Melmaruvattur is about 2.1 km away. Madurāntakam is about 9.0 km away. Cheyyur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.