About Thekkur Village

Thekkur is a large village in Tirupathur tehsil, in the district of Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,672, made up of 2,464 males and 2,208 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1983.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 630203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thekkur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thekkur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Sivaganga
Tehsil	Tirupathur
Pincode	630203
Area (hectares)	1983.32 hectares
Population	4,672
Male Population	2,464
Female Population	2,208
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Thekkur compares

By the 2011 count Thekkur is the 7th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,291 residents. Its 1983.32 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Thekkur

Thekkur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Thekkur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Thekkur from other places

Thekkur lies about 17 km from Sivaganga, and the nearest railway station is Rajagambiram, about under 2 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 Thekkur
Nearest railway station	Rajagambiram	under 2 km
Nearest town	Manamadurai	6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tirupathur	17 km
District headquarters	Sivaganga	17 km

Villages closest to Thekkur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thekkur village had a population of 4,672. That makes it the 7th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,291 residents.

Thekkur village has 2,464 males and 2,208 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thekkur has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Thekkur is 630203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Thekkur covers 1983.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Thekkur falls under Tirupathur tehsil of Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Thekkur is Rajagambiram, about under 2 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 5 - 10 km distance for Thekkur.

Thekkur is about 17 km from Sivaganga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thekkur is in Tirupathur tehsil of Sivaganga district. Rajagambiram is about under 2 km away. Manamadurai is about 6.6 km away. Tirupathur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.