About Athiyur Village

Athiyur is a large village in Kumbakonam tehsil, in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,633, made up of 1,344 males and 1,289 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 531.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 612205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Athiyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Athiyur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thanjavur
Tehsil	Kumbakonam
Pincode	612205
Area (hectares)	531.5 hectares
Population	2,633
Male Population	1,344
Female Population	1,289
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	959
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Athiyur compares

By the 2011 count Athiyur is the 27th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,133 residents. Its 531.5 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Athiyur

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

How far is Athiyur from other places

Athiyur lies about 39 km from Thanjavur, and the nearest railway station is Tirunageswaram, about 9.1 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 Athiyur
Tehsil headquarters	Kumbakonam	8.9 km
Nearest railway station	Tirunageswaram	9.1 km
District headquarters	Thanjavur	39 km

Villages closest to Athiyur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Athiyur village had a population of 2,633. That makes it the 27th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,133 residents.

Athiyur village has 1,344 males and 1,289 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Athiyur has about 959 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Athiyur is 612205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Athiyur covers 531.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Athiyur falls under Kumbakonam tehsil of Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Athiyur is Tirunageswaram, about 9.1 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 village for Athiyur.

Athiyur is about 39 km from Thanjavur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Athiyur is in Kumbakonam tehsil of Thanjavur district. Kumbakonam is about 8.9 km away. Tirunageswaram is about 9.1 km away. Thanjavur is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.