About Sillathur Village

Sillathur is a large village in Orathanadu tehsil, in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,912, made up of 1,945 males and 1,967 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 702.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614902, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sillathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sillathur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thanjavur
Tehsil	Orathanadu
Pincode	614902
Area (hectares)	702.29 hectares
Population	3,912
Male Population	1,945
Female Population	1,967
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,011
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sillathur compares

By the 2011 count Sillathur is the 11th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents. Its 702.29 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1067.

Getting to Sillathur

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

How far is Sillathur from other places

Sillathur lies about 27 km from Thanjavur. 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 Sillathur
Tehsil headquarters	Orathanadu	9.4 km
Nearest town	Pattukkottai	18 km
District headquarters	Thanjavur	27 km

Villages closest to Sillathur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sillathur village had a population of 3,912. That makes it the 11th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents.

Sillathur village has 1,945 males and 1,967 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sillathur has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1067.

The pincode recorded for Sillathur is 614902. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sillathur covers 702.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sillathur falls under Orathanadu tehsil of Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu.

The census record for Sillathur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Sillathur.

Sillathur is about 27 km from Thanjavur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sillathur is in Orathanadu tehsil of Thanjavur district. Orathanadu is about 9.4 km away. Pattukkottai is about 18 km away. Thanjavur is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.