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About Kollanur Village

Kollanur is a mid sized village in Gummidipoondi tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 525, made up of 262 males and 263 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 413.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 601202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kollanur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kollanur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thiruvallur
Tehsil Gummidipoondi
Pincode 601202
Area (hectares) 413.43 hectares
Population 525
Male Population 262
Female Population 263
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,004
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 15 km distance

How Kollanur compares

By the 2011 count Kollanur is the 67th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,097 residents. Its 413.43 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Kollanur

Kollanur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kollanur 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 15 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kollanur from other places

Kollanur lies about 28 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Gummidipundi, about 12 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 Kollanur
Nearest railway station Gummidipundi 12 km
Nearest town Ponneri 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Gummidipoondi 28 km
District headquarters Thiruvallur 28 km

Villages closest to Kollanur

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

Common questions about Kollanur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kollanur village had a population of 525. That makes it the 67th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,097 residents.

Kollanur village has 262 males and 263 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kollanur has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Kollanur is 601202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kollanur covers 413.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kollanur falls under Gummidipoondi tehsil of Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Kollanur is Gummidipundi, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 15 km distance.

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

Kollanur is about 28 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kollanur is in Gummidipoondi tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Gummidipundi is about 12 km away. Ponneri is about 20 km away. Gummidipoondi is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thervoy (2.2 km), Panchalai (2.5 km) and Periapuliyur (2.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Kollanur today is likely to be higher.

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