About Attur Village

Attur is a mid sized village in Tiruvadanai tehsil, in the district of Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 734, made up of 379 males and 355 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 335.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 623402, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Attur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Attur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Ramanathapuram
Tehsil	Tiruvadanai
Pincode	623402
Area (hectares)	335.04 hectares
Population	734
Male Population	379
Female Population	355
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	937
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Attur compares

By the 2011 count Attur is the 68th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,899 residents. Its 335.04 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Attur

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

Attur lies about 50 km from Ramanathapuram, and the nearest railway station is Devakottai Road, about 28 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 Attur
Tehsil headquarters	Tiruvadanai	6.0 km
Nearest town	Devakottai	16 km
Nearest railway station	Devakottai Road	28 km
District headquarters	Ramanathapuram	50 km

Villages closest to Attur

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.

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Common questions about Attur

As per the Census of India 2011, Attur village had a population of 734. That makes it the 68th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,899 residents.

Attur village has 379 males and 355 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Attur has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Attur is 623402. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Attur covers 335.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Attur is Devakottai Road, about 28 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 Attur.

Attur is about 50 km from Ramanathapuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Attur is in Tiruvadanai tehsil of Ramanathapuram district. Tiruvadanai is about 6.0 km away. Devakottai is about 16 km away. Devakottai Road is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.