About Avalur Village

Avalur is a large village in Kancheepuram tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,960, made up of 1,948 males and 2,012 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 660.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 631605, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Avalur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Avalur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Kancheepuram
Pincode	631605
Area (hectares)	660.3 hectares
Population	3,960
Male Population	1,948
Female Population	2,012
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,033
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 4 km distance

How Avalur compares

By the 2011 count Avalur is the 11th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,412 residents. Its 660.3 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Avalur

Avalur 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 Avalur 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 4 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Avalur from other places

Avalur lies about 12 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Walajabad, about 2.5 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 Avalur
Nearest railway station	Walajabad	2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kancheepuram	12 km
Nearest town	Kanchipuram	12 km

Villages closest to Avalur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kancheepuram 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 Avalur

As per the Census of India 2011, Avalur village had a population of 3,960. That makes it the 11th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,412 residents.

Avalur village has 1,948 males and 2,012 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Avalur has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Avalur is 631605. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Avalur covers 660.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Avalur falls under Kancheepuram tehsil of Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Avalur is Walajabad, about 2.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 4 km distance.

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

Avalur is about 12 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Avalur is in Kancheepuram tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Walajabad is about 2.5 km away. Kancheepuram is about 12 km away. Kanchipuram is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.