About Therkutheru Village

Therkutheru is one of the larger villages in Melur tehsil, in the district of Madurai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,760, made up of 2,895 males and 2,865 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1704.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 625122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Therkutheru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Therkutheru village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Madurai
Tehsil	Melur
Pincode	625122
Area (hectares)	1704.91 hectares
Population	5,760
Male Population	2,895
Female Population	2,865
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	990
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Therkutheru compares

By the 2011 count Therkutheru is the 13th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 3,077 residents. Its 1704.91 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Therkutheru

Therkutheru is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Therkutheru 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 Therkutheru from other places

Therkutheru lies about 20 km from Madurai, and the nearest railway station is Silaiman, about 18 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 Therkutheru
Tehsil headquarters	Melur	6.6 km
Nearest railway station	Silaiman	18 km
District headquarters	Madurai	20 km

Villages closest to Therkutheru

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Therkutheru village had a population of 5,760. That makes it the 13th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,077 residents.

Therkutheru village has 2,895 males and 2,865 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Therkutheru has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Therkutheru is 625122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Therkutheru covers 1704.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Therkutheru falls under Melur tehsil of Madurai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Therkutheru is Silaiman, about 18 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 Therkutheru.

Therkutheru is about 20 km from Madurai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Therkutheru is in Melur tehsil of Madurai district. Melur is about 6.6 km away. Silaiman is about 18 km away. Madurai is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.