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About Suriyur Village

Suriyur is a large village in Kulathur tehsil, in the district of Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,716, made up of 1,341 males and 1,375 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1375.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 622502, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Suriyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Suriyur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Pudukkottai
Tehsil Kulathur
Pincode 622502
Area (hectares) 1375.94 hectares
Population 2,716
Male Population 1,341
Female Population 1,375
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,025
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Suriyur compares

By the 2011 count Suriyur is the 20th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,131 residents. Its 1375.94 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Suriyur

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

Suriyur lies about 31 km from Pudukkottai, and the nearest railway station is Kumaramangalam, about 8.2 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 Suriyur
Nearest railway station Kumaramangalam 8.2 km
Nearest town Tuvāgudi 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Kulathur 31 km
District headquarters Pudukkottai 31 km

Villages closest to Suriyur

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

Common questions about Suriyur

As per the Census of India 2011, Suriyur village had a population of 2,716. That makes it the 20th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,131 residents.

Suriyur village has 1,341 males and 1,375 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Suriyur has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Suriyur is 622502. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Suriyur covers 1375.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Suriyur falls under Kulathur tehsil of Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Suriyur is Kumaramangalam, about 8.2 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 10+ km distance for Suriyur.

Suriyur is about 31 km from Pudukkottai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Suriyur is in Kulathur tehsil of Pudukkottai district. Kumaramangalam is about 8.2 km away. Tuvāgudi is about 10 km away. Kulathur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lakshmanapatti (3.0 km), Sivakamipuram (3.6 km) and Kannangudi (5.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Suriyur today is likely to be higher.

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