About Orathur Village

Orathur is a mid sized village in Sriperumbudur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,744, made up of 864 males and 880 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 557.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603203, 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	Sriperumbudur
Pincode	603203
Area (hectares)	557.8 hectares
Population	1,744
Male Population	864
Female Population	880
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within 2 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 2 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 7 km distance

How Orathur compares

By the 2011 count Orathur is the 41st largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,681 residents. Its 557.8 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 974.

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 2 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 2 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 7 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	Sriperumbudur	16 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 Sriperumbudur 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 1,744. That makes it the 41st largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,681 residents.

Orathur village has 864 males and 880 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Orathur has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Orathur is 603203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Orathur covers 557.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Orathur falls under Sriperumbudur 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 7 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 2 km distance and private bus service as Available within 2 km distance 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 Sriperumbudur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Potheri is about 3.7 km away. Gūduvāncheri is about 4.8 km away. Sriperumbudur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.