About Keeranur Village

Keeranur is one of the larger villages in Rasipuram tehsil, in the district of Namakkal, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,818, made up of 3,569 males and 2,249 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 630 females per 1000 males. The village covers 698.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 636301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keeranur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keeranur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Namakkal
Tehsil	Rasipuram
Pincode	636301
Area (hectares)	698.43 hectares
Population	5,818
Male Population	3,569
Female Population	2,249
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	630
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Keeranur compares

By the 2011 count Keeranur is the 7th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,246 residents. Its 698.43 hectares work out to about 8.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Keeranur

Keeranur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Keeranur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Keeranur from other places

Keeranur lies about 35 km from Namakkal, and the nearest railway station is Mallur, about 2.4 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 Keeranur
Nearest railway station	Mallur	2.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rasipuram	9.5 km
District headquarters	Namakkal	35 km

Villages closest to Keeranur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Keeranur village had a population of 5,818. That makes it the 7th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,246 residents.

Keeranur village has 3,569 males and 2,249 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keeranur has about 630 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Keeranur is 636301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keeranur covers 698.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Keeranur falls under Rasipuram tehsil of Namakkal district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Keeranur is Mallur, about 2.4 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Keeranur.

Keeranur is about 35 km from Namakkal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keeranur is in Rasipuram tehsil of Namakkal district. Mallur is about 2.4 km away. Rasipuram is about 9.5 km away. Namakkal is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.