About Vellur Village

Vellur is a mid sized village in Manamadurai tehsil, in the district of Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,249, made up of 653 males and 596 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 913 females per 1000 males. The village covers 874 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 630611, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Vellur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Vellur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Sivaganga
Tehsil	Manamadurai
Pincode	630611
Area (hectares)	874 hectares
Population	1,249
Male Population	653
Female Population	596
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	913
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Vellur compares

By the 2011 count Vellur is the 47th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,857 residents. Its 874 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Vellur

Vellur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Vellur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Vellur from other places

Vellur lies about 13 km from Sivaganga, and the nearest railway station is Rajagambiram, about 3.6 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 Vellur
Nearest railway station	Rajagambiram	3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Manamadurai	9.8 km
District headquarters	Sivaganga	13 km

Villages closest to Vellur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Vellur village had a population of 1,249. That makes it the 47th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,857 residents.

Vellur village has 653 males and 596 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Vellur has about 913 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Vellur is 630611. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Vellur covers 874 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Vellur falls under Manamadurai tehsil of Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Vellur is Rajagambiram, about 3.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Vellur.

Vellur is about 13 km from Sivaganga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Vellur is in Manamadurai tehsil of Sivaganga district. Rajagambiram is about 3.6 km away. Manamadurai is about 9.8 km away. Sivaganga is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.