About Alathur Village

Alathur is a large village in Sankari tehsil, in the district of Salem, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,318, made up of 1,205 males and 1,113 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 749.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 637303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Alathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alathur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Salem
Tehsil	Sankari
Pincode	637303
Area (hectares)	749.8 hectares
Population	2,318
Male Population	1,205
Female Population	1,113
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	924
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Alathur compares

By the 2011 count Alathur is the 23rd largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,284 residents. Its 749.8 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Alathur

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

Alathur lies about 66 km from Salem, and the nearest railway station is Totiyapalayam, about 18 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 Alathur
Nearest town	Bhavāni	10 km
Nearest railway station	Totiyapalayam	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sankari	30 km
District headquarters	Salem	66 km

Villages closest to Alathur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Alathur village had a population of 2,318. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,284 residents.

Alathur village has 1,205 males and 1,113 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alathur has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Alathur is 637303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Alathur covers 749.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Alathur falls under Sankari tehsil of Salem district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Alathur is Totiyapalayam, about 18 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 Alathur.

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

Alathur is in Sankari tehsil of Salem district. Bhavāni is about 10 km away. Totiyapalayam is about 18 km away. Sankari is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.