About Kolathur Village

Kolathur is a mid sized village in Sriperumbudur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,136, made up of 572 males and 564 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 414.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 602105, 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	Sriperumbudur
Pincode	602105
Area (hectares)	414.21 hectares
Population	1,136
Male Population	572
Female Population	564
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	986
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 15 km distance

How Kolathur compares

By the 2011 count Kolathur is the 58th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,681 residents. Its 414.21 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 974.

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 village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 15 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
Tehsil headquarters	Sriperumbudur	6.5 km
Nearest town	Srīperumbūdūr	6.5 km
Nearest railway station	Vandalur	11 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 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 Kolathur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kolathur village had a population of 1,136. That makes it the 58th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,681 residents.

Kolathur village has 572 males and 564 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kolathur has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Kolathur is 602105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kolathur covers 414.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kolathur falls under Sriperumbudur 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 15 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village 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 Sriperumbudur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Sriperumbudur is about 6.5 km away. Srīperumbūdūr is about 6.5 km away. Vandalur is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.