About Alathur Village

Alathur is a mid sized village in Kulithalai tehsil, in the district of Karur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,594, made up of 784 males and 810 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 684.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 621313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alathur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Karur
Tehsil	Kulithalai
Pincode	621313
Area (hectares)	684.91 hectares
Population	1,594
Male Population	784
Female Population	810
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,033
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Alathur compares

By the 2011 count Alathur is the 28th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 4,222 residents. Its 684.91 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Alathur

Alathur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Alathur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Alathur from other places

Alathur lies about 16 km from Karur, and the nearest railway station is Velliyanai, about 8.2 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 Alathur
Nearest railway station	Velliyanai	8.2 km
Nearest town	Tāndoni	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kulithalai	16 km
District headquarters	Karur	16 km

Villages closest to Alathur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Alathur village had a population of 1,594. That makes it the 28th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,222 residents.

Alathur village has 784 males and 810 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alathur has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Alathur is 621313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alathur covers 684.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Alathur falls under Kulithalai tehsil of Karur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Alathur is Velliyanai, about 8.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Alathur is about 16 km from Karur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alathur is in Kulithalai tehsil of Karur district. Velliyanai is about 8.2 km away. Tāndoni is about 13 km away. Kulithalai is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.