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About Thelur Village

Thelur is a mid sized village in Tiruvadanai tehsil, in the district of Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,597, made up of 771 males and 826 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,071 females per 1000 males. The village covers 995.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 623409, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thelur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thelur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Ramanathapuram
Tehsil Tiruvadanai
Pincode 623409
Area (hectares) 995.74 hectares
Population 1,597
Male Population 771
Female Population 826
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,071
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Thelur compares

By the 2011 count Thelur is the 49th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,899 residents. Its 995.74 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Thelur

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

Thelur lies about 66 km from Ramanathapuram, and the nearest railway station is Valaramanikkam, about 25 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 Thelur
Tehsil headquarters Tiruvadanai 20 km
Nearest town Devakottai 23 km
Nearest railway station Valaramanikkam 25 km
District headquarters Ramanathapuram 66 km

Villages closest to Thelur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thelur village had a population of 1,597. That makes it the 49th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,899 residents.

Thelur village has 771 males and 826 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thelur has about 1071 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Thelur is 623409. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thelur covers 995.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Thelur falls under Tiruvadanai tehsil of Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Thelur is Valaramanikkam, about 25 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 Thelur.

Thelur is about 66 km from Ramanathapuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thelur is in Tiruvadanai tehsil of Ramanathapuram district. Tiruvadanai is about 20 km away. Devakottai is about 23 km away. Valaramanikkam is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kattavilagam (6.5 km), Mangalagudi (11 km) and Kattimangalam (11 km).

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

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