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About Theroor Village

Theroor is one of the larger villages in Agastheeswaram tehsil, in the district of Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,290, made up of 2,627 males and 2,663 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2148.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 629303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Theroor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Theroor village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Kanniyakumari
Tehsil Agastheeswaram
Pincode 629303
Area (hectares) 2148.39 hectares
Population 5,290
Male Population 2,627
Female Population 2,663
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,014
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Theroor compares

By the 2011 count Theroor is the 9th largest of the 19 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 5,566 residents. Its 2148.39 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Theroor

Theroor is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Theroor as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Theroor from other places

Theroor lies about 12 km from Kanniyakumari, and the nearest railway station is Nagercoil Junction, about 2.4 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 Theroor
Nearest railway station Nagercoil Junction 2.4 km
Nearest town Nāgercoil 3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Agastheeswaram 10 km
District headquarters Kanniyakumari 12 km

Villages closest to Theroor

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Theroor village had a population of 5,290. That makes it the 9th largest of the 19 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,566 residents.

Theroor village has 2,627 males and 2,663 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Theroor has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Theroor is 629303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Theroor covers 2148.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Theroor falls under Agastheeswaram tehsil of Kanniyakumari district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Theroor is Nagercoil Junction, about 2.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Theroor.

Theroor is about 12 km from Kanniyakumari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Theroor is in Agastheeswaram tehsil of Kanniyakumari district. Nagercoil Junction is about 2.4 km away. Nāgercoil is about 3.7 km away. Agastheeswaram is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Suchindrum (2.1 km), Gandipuram (2.4 km) and Vadiveeswaram (3.0 km).

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

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