About Kattur Village

Kattur is a mid sized village in Sirkali tehsil, in the district of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,036, made up of 507 males and 529 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 729.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 609101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kattur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kattur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Nagapattinam
Tehsil	Sirkali
Pincode	609101
Area (hectares)	729.07 hectares
Population	1,036
Male Population	507
Female Population	529
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,043
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kattur compares

By the 2011 count Kattur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,194 residents. Its 729.07 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Kattur

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

How far is Kattur from other places

Kattur lies about 66 km from Nagapattinam, and the nearest railway station is Kollidam, about 9.8 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 Kattur
Nearest railway station	Kollidam	9.8 km
Nearest town	Chidambaram	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sirkali	15 km
District headquarters	Nagapattinam	66 km

Villages closest to Kattur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kattur village had a population of 1,036. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,194 residents.

Kattur village has 507 males and 529 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kattur has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Kattur is 609101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kattur covers 729.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kattur falls under Sirkali tehsil of Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Kattur is Kollidam, about 9.8 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 village for Kattur.

Kattur is about 66 km from Nagapattinam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kattur is in Sirkali tehsil of Nagapattinam district. Kollidam is about 9.8 km away. Chidambaram is about 13 km away. Sirkali is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.