About Kattavur Village

Kattavur is a mid sized village in Ponneri tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,677, made up of 824 males and 853 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,035 females per 1000 males. The village covers 480.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 601204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kattavur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kattavur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvallur
Tehsil	Ponneri
Pincode	601204
Area (hectares)	480.66 hectares
Population	1,677
Male Population	824
Female Population	853
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,035
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 km distance

How Kattavur compares

By the 2011 count Kattavur is the 39th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,889 residents. Its 480.66 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1011.

Getting to Kattavur

Kattavur 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 Kattavur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kattavur from other places

Kattavur lies about 38 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Kavaraippettai, about 3.7 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 Kattavur
Tehsil headquarters	Ponneri	3.1 km
Nearest railway station	Kavaraippettai	3.7 km
District headquarters	Thiruvallur	38 km

Villages closest to Kattavur

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.

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Common questions about Kattavur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kattavur village had a population of 1,677. That makes it the 39th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,889 residents.

Kattavur village has 824 males and 853 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kattavur has about 1035 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1011.

The pincode recorded for Kattavur is 601204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kattavur covers 480.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kattavur is Kavaraippettai, about 3.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 km distance for Kattavur.

Kattavur is about 38 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kattavur is in Ponneri tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Ponneri is about 3.1 km away. Kavaraippettai is about 3.7 km away. Thiruvallur is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.