About Maiyur Village

Maiyur is a large village in Maduranthakam tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,931, made up of 1,452 males and 1,479 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 820.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maiyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maiyur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Maduranthakam
Pincode	603111
Area (hectares)	820.89 hectares
Population	2,931
Male Population	1,452
Female Population	1,479
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 3 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10 km distance

How Maiyur compares

By the 2011 count Maiyur is the 11th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 820.89 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 Maiyur

Maiyur 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 Maiyur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 3 km distance. 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 Maiyur from other places

Maiyur lies about 25 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Palur, about 12 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 Maiyur
Nearest railway station	Palur	12 km
Nearest town	Chengalpattu	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Maduranthakam	25 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	25 km

Villages closest to Maiyur

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 Maiyur

As per the Census of India 2011, Maiyur village had a population of 2,931. That makes it the 11th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Maiyur village has 1,452 males and 1,479 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maiyur has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Maiyur is 603111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maiyur covers 820.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Maiyur is Palur, about 12 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 3 km distance for Maiyur.

Maiyur is about 25 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maiyur is in Maduranthakam tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Palur is about 12 km away. Chengalpattu is about 13 km away. Maduranthakam is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.