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About Puliyur Village

Puliyur is a mid sized village in Uthiramerur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 755, made up of 372 males and 383 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 176.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603406, 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 Uthiramerur
Pincode 603406
Area (hectares) 176.67 hectares
Population 755
Male Population 372
Female Population 383
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,030
Bus Service (public) Available within 1 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 1 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 31 km distance

How Puliyur compares

By the 2011 count Puliyur is the 64th largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents. Its 176.67 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1001.

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 1 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 1 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 31 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 Uthiramerur 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 Uthiramerur 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 755. That makes it the 64th largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents.

Puliyur village has 372 males and 383 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puliyur has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Puliyur is 603406. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Puliyur covers 176.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Puliyur falls under Uthiramerur 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 31 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 1 km distance and private bus service as Available within 1 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 Uthiramerur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Uttiramerūr is about 3.2 km away. Madurantakam is about 16 km away. Uthiramerur 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 Kariamangalam (under 2 km), Nanjeepuram (1.9 km) and Kavanurpuducheri (2.2 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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