About Vellaputhur Village

Vellaputhur is a mid sized village in Maduranthakam tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,363, made up of 689 males and 674 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 778.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603314, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Vellaputhur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Vellaputhur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Maduranthakam
Pincode	603314
Area (hectares)	778.19 hectares
Population	1,363
Male Population	689
Female Population	674
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	978
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 12 km distance

How Vellaputhur compares

By the 2011 count Vellaputhur is the 64th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 778.19 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Vellaputhur

Vellaputhur 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 Vellaputhur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 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 Vellaputhur from other places

Vellaputhur lies about 27 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Pakkam, about 24 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 Vellaputhur
Nearest town	Uttiramerūr	8.7 km
Nearest railway station	Pakkam	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Maduranthakam	27 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	27 km

Villages closest to Vellaputhur

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 Vellaputhur

As per the Census of India 2011, Vellaputhur village had a population of 1,363. That makes it the 64th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Vellaputhur village has 689 males and 674 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Vellaputhur has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Vellaputhur is 603314. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Vellaputhur covers 778.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Vellaputhur is Pakkam, about 24 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 km distance for Vellaputhur.

Vellaputhur is about 27 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Vellaputhur is in Maduranthakam tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Uttiramerūr is about 8.7 km away. Pakkam is about 24 km away. Maduranthakam is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.