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About Puliyur Village

Puliyur is a mid sized village in Tirukalukundram tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,837, made up of 913 males and 924 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 476.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Puliyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puliyur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Kancheepuram
Tehsil Tirukalukundram
Pincode 603109
Area (hectares) 476.91 hectares
Population 1,837
Male Population 913
Female Population 924
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,012
Bus Service (public) Available within 6 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 6 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 21 km distance

How Puliyur compares

By the 2011 count Puliyur is the 18th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,381 residents. Its 476.91 hectares work out to about 3.9 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 Puliyur

Puliyur 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 Puliyur as Available within 6 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 6 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 21 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Puliyur from other places

Puliyur lies about 28 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Madurantakam, about 16 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 Puliyur
Nearest town Uttiramerūr 3.2 km
Nearest railway station Madurantakam 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Tirukalukundram 28 km
District headquarters Kancheepuram 28 km

Villages closest to Puliyur

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 Puliyur

As per the Census of India 2011, Puliyur village had a population of 1,837. That makes it the 18th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,381 residents.

Puliyur village has 913 males and 924 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puliyur has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 982.

The pincode recorded for Puliyur is 603109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Puliyur covers 476.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Puliyur is Madurantakam, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 21 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 6 km distance and private bus service as Available within 6 km distance for Puliyur.

Puliyur is about 28 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puliyur is in Tirukalukundram tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Uttiramerūr is about 3.2 km away. Madurantakam is about 16 km away. Tirukalukundram is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nelvoy (7.2 km), Meiyur (13 km) and Mudaiyur (13 km).

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

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