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About Porumbur Village

Porumbur is a mid sized village in Kuthalam tehsil, in the district of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,793, made up of 929 males and 864 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 404.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 609404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Porumbur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Porumbur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Nagapattinam
Tehsil Kuthalam
Pincode 609404
Area (hectares) 404.28 hectares
Population 1,793
Male Population 929
Female Population 864
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 930
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Porumbur compares

By the 2011 count Porumbur is the 27th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,106 residents. Its 404.28 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Porumbur

Porumbur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Porumbur as Available within <5 km distance. 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. The nearest villages by name are Palayagudalure, Pandaravadai, Peravur and Perumalkoil. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Porumbur

As per the Census of India 2011, Porumbur village had a population of 1,793. That makes it the 27th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,106 residents.

Porumbur village has 929 males and 864 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Porumbur has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Porumbur is 609404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Porumbur covers 404.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Porumbur falls under Kuthalam tehsil of Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu.

The census record for Porumbur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Porumbur is in Kuthalam tehsil of Nagapattinam district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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