About Athanurpatti Village

Athanurpatti is a large village in Vazhapadi tehsil, in the district of Salem, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,363, made up of 2,185 males and 2,178 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 997 females per 1000 males. The village covers 238.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 636115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Athanurpatti compares

By the 2011 count Athanurpatti is the 15th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,517 residents. Its 238.67 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Athanurpatti

Athanurpatti is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Athanurpatti 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Athanurpatti from other places

Athanurpatti lies about 28 km from Salem, and the nearest railway station is Valappadi Gate, about 3.9 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.

Villages closest to Athanurpatti

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Vazhapadi tehsil.

• Tukkiyampalayam under 2 km
• Kumarasamiyur 1.9 km
• Mannayakanpatti 2.7 km
• Chandrapillaivalasai 3.0 km
• Palappadi 3.7 km
• Vallapadi 3.7 km

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.