About Koonandiyur Village

Koonandiyur is a large village in Mettur tehsil, in the district of Salem, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,099, made up of 2,267 males and 1,832 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 808 females per 1000 males. The village covers 931.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 636458, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Koonandiyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Koonandiyur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Salem
Tehsil	Mettur
Pincode	636458
Area (hectares)	931.24 hectares
Population	4,099
Male Population	2,267
Female Population	1,832
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	808
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Koonandiyur compares

By the 2011 count Koonandiyur is the 23rd largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 6,091 residents. Its 931.24 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 893.

Getting to Koonandiyur

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

Koonandiyur lies about 40 km from Salem, and the nearest railway station is Mecheri Road, about 11 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 Koonandiyur
Nearest town	Mechcheri	9.8 km
Nearest railway station	Mecheri Road	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mettur	15 km
District headquarters	Salem	40 km

Villages closest to Koonandiyur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Koonandiyur village had a population of 4,099. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 6,091 residents.

Koonandiyur village has 2,267 males and 1,832 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Koonandiyur has about 808 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 893.

The pincode recorded for Koonandiyur is 636458. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Koonandiyur covers 931.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Koonandiyur falls under Mettur tehsil of Salem district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Koonandiyur is Mecheri Road, about 11 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 Koonandiyur.

Koonandiyur is about 40 km from Salem in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Koonandiyur is in Mettur tehsil of Salem district. Mechcheri is about 9.8 km away. Mecheri Road is about 11 km away. Mettur is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.