About Selur Village

Selur is a large village in Paramathi Velur tehsil, in the district of Namakkal, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,152, made up of 1,528 males and 1,624 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,063 females per 1000 males. The village covers 585.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 637208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Selur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Selur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Namakkal
Tehsil	Paramathi Velur
Pincode	637208
Area (hectares)	585.84 hectares
Population	3,152
Male Population	1,528
Female Population	1,624
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,063
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Selur compares

By the 2011 count Selur is the 14th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,312 residents. Its 585.84 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Selur

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

Selur lies about 16 km from Namakkal, and the nearest railway station is Kalangani, about 7.6 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 Selur
Nearest railway station	Kalangani	7.6 km
Nearest town	Rasipuram	15 km
District headquarters	Namakkal	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Paramathi Velur	24 km

Villages closest to Selur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Paramathi Velur 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 Selur

As per the Census of India 2011, Selur village had a population of 3,152. That makes it the 14th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,312 residents.

Selur village has 1,528 males and 1,624 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Selur has about 1063 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Selur is 637208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Selur covers 585.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Selur falls under Paramathi Velur tehsil of Namakkal district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Selur is Kalangani, about 7.6 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 Selur.

Selur is about 16 km from Namakkal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Selur is in Paramathi Velur tehsil of Namakkal district. Kalangani is about 7.6 km away. Rasipuram is about 15 km away. Namakkal is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.