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About Lattur Village

Lattur is a mid sized village in Tirukalukundram tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,681, made up of 837 males and 844 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 446.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lattur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lattur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Kancheepuram
Tehsil Tirukalukundram
Pincode 603102
Area (hectares) 446.42 hectares
Population 1,681
Male Population 837
Female Population 844
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,008
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 30 km distance

How Lattur compares

By the 2011 count Lattur is the 24th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,381 residents. Its 446.42 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Lattur

Lattur 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 Lattur 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 30 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Lattur from other places

Lattur lies about 24 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Takkolam, about 3.4 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 Lattur
Nearest railway station Takkolam 3.4 km
Nearest town Arakkonam 5.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Tirukalukundram 24 km
District headquarters Kancheepuram 24 km

Villages closest to Lattur

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.

Common questions about Lattur

As per the Census of India 2011, Lattur village had a population of 1,681. That makes it the 24th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,381 residents.

Lattur village has 837 males and 844 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lattur has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 982.

The pincode recorded for Lattur is 603102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lattur covers 446.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Lattur is Takkolam, about 3.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 30 km distance.

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

Lattur is about 24 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lattur is in Tirukalukundram tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Takkolam is about 3.4 km away. Arakkonam is about 5.0 km away. Tirukalukundram is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Manamai (5.8 km), Kankeyamkuppam (7.5 km) and Melkuppam (7.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Lattur today is likely to be higher.

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