About Adhanur Village

Adhanur is a large village in Vedaranyam tehsil, in the district of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,154, made up of 2,057 males and 2,097 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 822.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614707, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Adhanur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Adhanur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Nagapattinam
Tehsil	Vedaranyam
Pincode	614707
Area (hectares)	822.53 hectares
Population	4,154
Male Population	2,057
Female Population	2,097
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Adhanur compares

By the 2011 count Adhanur is the 16th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,596 residents. Its 822.53 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Adhanur

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

Adhanur lies about 28 km from Nagapattinam, and the nearest railway station is Alattambadi, about under 2 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 Adhanur
Nearest railway station	Alattambadi	under 2 km
Nearest town	Thiruthuraipoondi	9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vedaranyam	28 km
District headquarters	Nagapattinam	28 km

Villages closest to Adhanur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Adhanur village had a population of 4,154. That makes it the 16th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,596 residents.

Adhanur village has 2,057 males and 2,097 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Adhanur has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Adhanur is 614707. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Adhanur covers 822.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Adhanur falls under Vedaranyam tehsil of Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Adhanur is Alattambadi, about under 2 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 Adhanur.

Adhanur is about 28 km from Nagapattinam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Adhanur is in Vedaranyam tehsil of Nagapattinam district. Alattambadi is about under 2 km away. Thiruthuraipoondi is about 9.5 km away. Vedaranyam is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.