About Alathur Village

Alathur is a mid sized village in Iluppur tehsil, in the district of Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,663, made up of 821 males and 842 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 809.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 622102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alathur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Pudukkottai
Tehsil	Iluppur
Pincode	622102
Area (hectares)	809.16 hectares
Population	1,663
Male Population	821
Female Population	842
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,026
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Alathur compares

By the 2011 count Alathur is the 50th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,183 residents. Its 809.16 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Alathur

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

Alathur lies about 24 km from Pudukkottai, and the nearest railway station is Narthamalai, about 19 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 Alathur
Tehsil headquarters	Iluppur	4.0 km
Nearest railway station	Narthamalai	19 km
District headquarters	Pudukkottai	24 km

Villages closest to Alathur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Alathur village had a population of 1,663. That makes it the 50th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,183 residents.

Alathur village has 821 males and 842 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alathur has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Alathur is 622102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alathur covers 809.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Alathur falls under Iluppur tehsil of Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Alathur is Narthamalai, about 19 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 Alathur.

Alathur is about 24 km from Pudukkottai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alathur is in Iluppur tehsil of Pudukkottai district. Iluppur is about 4.0 km away. Narthamalai is about 19 km away. Pudukkottai is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.