About Echur Village

Echur is a mid sized village in Tirukalukundram tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,098, made up of 592 males and 506 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 334.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603104, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Echur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Echur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Tirukalukundram
Pincode	603104
Area (hectares)	334.27 hectares
Population	1,098
Male Population	592
Female Population	506
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	855
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 26 km distance

How Echur compares

By the 2011 count Echur is the 47th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,381 residents. Its 334.27 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Echur

Echur 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 Echur 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 26 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Echur from other places

Echur lies about 22 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Palayasivaram, 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 Echur
Nearest town	Srīperumbūdūr	10 km
Nearest railway station	Palayasivaram	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tirukalukundram	22 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	22 km

Villages closest to Echur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tirukalukundram 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 Echur

As per the Census of India 2011, Echur village had a population of 1,098. That makes it the 47th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,381 residents.

Echur village has 592 males and 506 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Echur has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 982.

The pincode recorded for Echur is 603104. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Echur covers 334.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Echur falls under Tirukalukundram tehsil of Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Echur is Palayasivaram, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 26 km distance.

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

Echur is about 22 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Echur is in Tirukalukundram tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Srīperumbūdūr is about 10 km away. Palayasivaram is about 12 km away. Tirukalukundram is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.