About Orathur Village

Orathur is a mid sized village in Maduranthakam tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 723, made up of 332 males and 391 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,178 females per 1000 males. The village covers 591.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Orathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Orathur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Maduranthakam
Pincode	603301
Area (hectares)	591.76 hectares
Population	723
Male Population	332
Female Population	391
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,178
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10 km distance

How Orathur compares

By the 2011 count Orathur is the 117th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 591.76 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 Orathur

Orathur 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 Orathur 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 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Orathur from other places

Orathur lies about 34 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Potheri, about 3.7 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 Orathur
Nearest railway station	Potheri	3.7 km
Nearest town	Gūduvāncheri	4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Maduranthakam	34 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	34 km

Villages closest to Orathur

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 Orathur

As per the Census of India 2011, Orathur village had a population of 723. That makes it the 117th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Orathur village has 332 males and 391 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Orathur has about 1178 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Orathur is 603301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Orathur covers 591.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Orathur is Potheri, about 3.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10 km distance.

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

Orathur 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.

Orathur is in Maduranthakam tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Potheri is about 3.7 km away. Gūduvāncheri is about 4.8 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.