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About Durainallur Village

Durainallur is a mid sized village in Ponneri tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 548, made up of 249 males and 299 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,201 females per 1000 males. The village covers 215.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 601206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Durainallur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durainallur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thiruvallur
Tehsil Ponneri
Pincode 601206
Area (hectares) 215.79 hectares
Population 548
Male Population 249
Female Population 299
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,201
Bus Service (public) Available within 1 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 1 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 3 km distance

How Durainallur compares

By the 2011 count Durainallur is the 96th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,889 residents. Its 215.79 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1011.

Getting to Durainallur

Durainallur 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 Durainallur as Available within 1 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 1 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 3 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Durainallur from other places

Durainallur lies about 32 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Kavaraippettai, about 4.7 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 Durainallur
Nearest railway station Kavaraippettai 4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Ponneri 6.8 km
District headquarters Thiruvallur 32 km

Villages closest to Durainallur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Durainallur village had a population of 548. That makes it the 96th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,889 residents.

Durainallur village has 249 males and 299 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durainallur has about 1201 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1011.

The pincode recorded for Durainallur is 601206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durainallur covers 215.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Durainallur falls under Ponneri tehsil of Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Durainallur is Kavaraippettai, about 4.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 3 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 1 km distance and private bus service as Available within 1 km distance for Durainallur.

Durainallur is about 32 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durainallur is in Ponneri tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Kavaraippettai is about 4.7 km away. Ponneri is about 6.8 km away. Thiruvallur is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Vadakkunallur (under 2 km), Chinnambedu (1.5 km) and Keelameni (1.6 km).

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

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