About Kolathur Village

Kolathur is a small village in Maduranthakam tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 298, made up of 144 males and 154 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 301.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kolathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kolathur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Maduranthakam
Pincode	603107
Area (hectares)	301.9 hectares
Population	298
Male Population	144
Female Population	154
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,069
Bus Service (public)	Available within 2 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 4 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 12 km distance

How Kolathur compares

By the 2011 count Kolathur is the 163rd largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 301.9 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Kolathur

Kolathur 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 Kolathur as Available within 2 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 4 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 12 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kolathur from other places

Kolathur lies about 34 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Vandalur, about 11 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 Kolathur
Nearest town	Srīperumbūdūr	6.5 km
Nearest railway station	Vandalur	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Maduranthakam	34 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	34 km

Villages closest to Kolathur

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 Kolathur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kolathur village had a population of 298. That makes it the 163rd largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Kolathur village has 144 males and 154 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kolathur has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Kolathur is 603107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kolathur covers 301.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Kolathur is Vandalur, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 12 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 2 km distance and private bus service as Available within 4 km distance for Kolathur.

Kolathur is about 34 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kolathur is in Maduranthakam tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Srīperumbūdūr is about 6.5 km away. Vandalur is about 11 km away. Maduranthakam is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.