About Kalathur Village

Kalathur is a mid sized village in Maduranthakam tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,448, made up of 718 males and 730 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 478.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603307, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalathur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Maduranthakam
Pincode	603307
Area (hectares)	478.22 hectares
Population	1,448
Male Population	718
Female Population	730
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,017
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 2 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 8 km distance

How Kalathur compares

By the 2011 count Kalathur is the 62nd largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 478.22 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Kalathur

Kalathur 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 Kalathur 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 8 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kalathur from other places

Kalathur lies about 18 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Sholinghur, about 17 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 Kalathur
Nearest railway station	Sholinghur	17 km
Nearest town	Sevilimedu	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Maduranthakam	18 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	18 km

Villages closest to Kalathur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalathur village had a population of 1,448. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Kalathur village has 718 males and 730 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalathur has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Kalathur is 603307. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalathur covers 478.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kalathur falls under Maduranthakam tehsil of Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Kalathur is Sholinghur, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 8 km distance.

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

Kalathur is about 18 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalathur is in Maduranthakam tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Sholinghur is about 17 km away. Sevilimedu is about 17 km away. Maduranthakam is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.