About Keelamathur Village

Keelamathur is a mid sized village in Tharangambadi tehsil, in the district of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,400, made up of 720 males and 680 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 296.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 609309, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keelamathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keelamathur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Nagapattinam
Tehsil	Tharangambadi
Pincode	609309
Area (hectares)	296.05 hectares
Population	1,400
Male Population	720
Female Population	680
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Keelamathur compares

By the 2011 count Keelamathur is the 54th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,786 residents. Its 296.05 hectares work out to about 4.7 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 1030.

Getting to Keelamathur

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

Keelamathur lies about 32 km from Nagapattinam, and the nearest railway station is Peralam Junction, about 6.9 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 Keelamathur
Nearest railway station	Peralam Junction	6.9 km
Nearest town	Mayiladuthurai	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tharangambadi	17 km
District headquarters	Nagapattinam	32 km

Villages closest to Keelamathur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Keelamathur village had a population of 1,400. That makes it the 54th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,786 residents.

Keelamathur village has 720 males and 680 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keelamathur has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Keelamathur is 609309. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keelamathur covers 296.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Keelamathur falls under Tharangambadi tehsil of Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Keelamathur is Peralam Junction, about 6.9 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 Keelamathur.

Keelamathur is about 32 km from Nagapattinam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keelamathur is in Tharangambadi tehsil of Nagapattinam district. Peralam Junction is about 6.9 km away. Mayiladuthurai is about 12 km away. Tharangambadi is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.