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About Nallur Village

Nallur is a mid sized village in Yercaud tehsil, in the district of Salem, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 615, made up of 304 males and 311 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 232.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 636602, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nallur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nallur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Salem
Tehsil Yercaud
Pincode 636602
Area (hectares) 232.06 hectares
Population 615
Male Population 304
Female Population 311
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,023
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Nallur compares

By the 2011 count Nallur is the 19th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 504 residents. Its 232.06 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Nallur

Nallur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Nallur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Nallur from other places

Nallur lies about 28 km from Salem, and the nearest railway station is Lokur, about 12 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 Nallur
Nearest railway station Lokur 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Yercaud 13 km
Nearest town Pallippatti 16 km
District headquarters Salem 28 km

Villages closest to Nallur

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.

Common questions about Nallur

As per the Census of India 2011, Nallur village had a population of 615. That makes it the 19th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 504 residents.

Nallur village has 304 males and 311 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nallur has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Nallur is 636602. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nallur covers 232.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Nallur is Lokur, about 12 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Nallur.

Nallur is about 28 km from Salem in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nallur is in Yercaud tehsil of Salem district. Lokur is about 12 km away. Yercaud is about 13 km away. Pallippatti is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Melur (1.6 km), Kombu Thukki (3.8 km) and Mangalam (4.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Nallur today is likely to be higher.

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