About Orathur Village

Orathur is a mid sized village in Thiruvaiyaru tehsil, in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,512, made up of 777 males and 735 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 165.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 613602, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Orathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Orathur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thanjavur
Tehsil	Thiruvaiyaru
Pincode	613602
Area (hectares)	165.11 hectares
Population	1,512
Male Population	777
Female Population	735
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	946
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Orathur compares

By the 2011 count Orathur is the 50th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,968 residents. Its 165.11 hectares work out to about 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1016.

Getting to Orathur

Orathur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Orathur 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 Orathur from other places

Orathur lies about 23 km from Thanjavur, and the nearest railway station is Aiyanapuram, about 2.8 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 Orathur
Nearest railway station	Aiyanapuram	2.8 km
Nearest town	Lalgudi	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thiruvaiyaru	20 km
District headquarters	Thanjavur	23 km

Villages closest to Orathur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Orathur village had a population of 1,512. That makes it the 50th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,968 residents.

Orathur village has 777 males and 735 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Orathur has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Orathur is 613602. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Orathur covers 165.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Orathur falls under Thiruvaiyaru tehsil of Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Orathur is Aiyanapuram, about 2.8 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 Orathur.

Orathur is about 23 km from Thanjavur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Orathur is in Thiruvaiyaru tehsil of Thanjavur district. Aiyanapuram is about 2.8 km away. Lalgudi is about 14 km away. Thiruvaiyaru is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.