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About Thenur Village

Thenur is a mid sized village in Ponnamaravathi tehsil, in the district of Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,477, made up of 730 males and 747 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 800.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 622401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thenur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thenur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Pudukkottai
Tehsil Ponnamaravathi
Pincode 622401
Area (hectares) 800.89 hectares
Population 1,477
Male Population 730
Female Population 747
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,023
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Thenur compares

By the 2011 count Thenur is the 22nd largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,955 residents. Its 800.89 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Thenur

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

Thenur lies about 28 km from Pudukkottai, and the nearest railway station is Namanasamudram, about 22 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 Thenur
Nearest railway station Namanasamudram 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Ponnamaravathi 28 km
District headquarters Pudukkottai 28 km

Villages closest to Thenur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thenur village had a population of 1,477. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,955 residents.

Thenur village has 730 males and 747 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thenur has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Thenur is 622401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thenur covers 800.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Thenur falls under Ponnamaravathi tehsil of Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Thenur is Namanasamudram, about 22 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 Thenur.

Thenur is about 28 km from Pudukkottai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thenur is in Ponnamaravathi tehsil of Pudukkottai district. Namanasamudram is about 22 km away. Ponnamaravathi is about 28 km away. Pudukkottai is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nathupatti (2.0 km), Semmalapatti (2.1 km) and Sembuthi (2.7 km).

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

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