About Madur Village

Madur is a mid sized village in Yercaud tehsil, in the district of Salem, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 581, made up of 300 males and 281 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 125.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 636601, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Salem
Tehsil	Yercaud
Pincode	636601
Area (hectares)	125.58 hectares
Population	581
Male Population	300
Female Population	281
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	937
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Madur compares

By the 2011 count Madur is the 23rd largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 504 residents. Its 125.58 hectares work out to about 4.6 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 992.

Getting to Madur

Madur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Madur as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Madur from other places

Madur lies about 24 km from Salem, and the nearest railway station is Minnampalli, about 15 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 Madur
Tehsil headquarters	Yercaud	11 km
Nearest railway station	Minnampalli	15 km
Nearest town	Pallippatti	18 km
District headquarters	Salem	24 km

Villages closest to Madur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madur village had a population of 581. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 504 residents.

Madur village has 300 males and 281 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madur has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Madur is 636601. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madur covers 125.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Madur falls under Yercaud tehsil of Salem district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Madur is Minnampalli, about 15 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Madur.

Madur is about 24 km from Salem in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madur is in Yercaud tehsil of Salem district. Yercaud is about 11 km away. Minnampalli is about 15 km away. Pallippatti is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.