About Silattur Village

Silattur is one of the larger villages in Aranthangi tehsil, in the district of Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,099, made up of 2,528 males and 2,571 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1151.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614622, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Silattur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Silattur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Pudukkottai
Tehsil	Aranthangi
Pincode	614622
Area (hectares)	1151.97 hectares
Population	5,099
Male Population	2,528
Female Population	2,571
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,017
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Silattur compares

By the 2011 count Silattur is the 5th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,581 residents. Its 1151.97 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1060.

Getting to Silattur

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

Silattur lies about 25 km from Pudukkottai, and the nearest railway station is Arantangi, about 6.4 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 Silattur
Nearest town	Arantāngi	6.2 km
Nearest railway station	Arantangi	6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Aranthangi	25 km
District headquarters	Pudukkottai	25 km

Villages closest to Silattur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Silattur village had a population of 5,099. That makes it the 5th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,581 residents.

Silattur village has 2,528 males and 2,571 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Silattur has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1060.

The pincode recorded for Silattur is 614622. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Silattur covers 1151.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Silattur falls under Aranthangi tehsil of Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Silattur is Arantangi, about 6.4 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 Silattur.

Silattur is about 25 km from Pudukkottai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Silattur is in Aranthangi tehsil of Pudukkottai district. Arantāngi is about 6.2 km away. Arantangi is about 6.4 km away. Aranthangi is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.