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About Esanur Village

Esanur is a mid sized village in Thirukkuvalai tehsil, in the district of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 925, made up of 445 males and 480 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,079 females per 1000 males. The village covers 271.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 611103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Esanur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Esanur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Nagapattinam
Tehsil Thirukkuvalai
Pincode 611103
Area (hectares) 271.99 hectares
Population 925
Male Population 445
Female Population 480
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,079
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Esanur compares

By the 2011 count Esanur is the 29th largest of the 35 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,736 residents. Its 271.99 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1026.

Getting to Esanur

Esanur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Esanur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Esanur from other places

Esanur lies about 20 km from Nagapattinam, and the nearest railway station is Alattambadi, about 12 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 Esanur
Nearest railway station Alattambadi 12 km
Nearest town Thiruthuraipoondi 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Thirukkuvalai 20 km
District headquarters Nagapattinam 20 km

Villages closest to Esanur

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

Common questions about Esanur

As per the Census of India 2011, Esanur village had a population of 925. That makes it the 29th largest of the 35 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,736 residents.

Esanur village has 445 males and 480 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Esanur has about 1079 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Esanur is 611103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Esanur covers 271.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Esanur falls under Thirukkuvalai tehsil of Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Esanur is Alattambadi, about 12 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 <5 km distance for Esanur.

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

Esanur is in Thirukkuvalai tehsil of Nagapattinam district. Alattambadi is about 12 km away. Thiruthuraipoondi is about 16 km away. Thirukkuvalai is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thiruvaimur (2.2 km), Valakarai (2.6 km) and Manakkudi (3.1 km).

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

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