About Nalur Village

Nalur is one of the larger villages in Ponneri tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,238, made up of 3,146 males and 3,092 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 818.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 601203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Nalur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nalur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvallur
Tehsil	Ponneri
Pincode	601203
Area (hectares)	818.89 hectares
Population	6,238
Male Population	3,146
Female Population	3,092
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	983
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 3 km distance

How Nalur compares

By the 2011 count Nalur is the 9th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,889 residents. Its 818.89 hectares work out to about 7.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1011.

Getting to Nalur

Nalur 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 Nalur 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 3 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Nalur from other places

Nalur lies about 40 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Minjur, about 1.9 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 Nalur
Nearest town	Mīnjūr	1.8 km
Nearest railway station	Minjur	1.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ponneri	7.9 km
District headquarters	Thiruvallur	40 km

Villages closest to Nalur

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 Nalur

As per the Census of India 2011, Nalur village had a population of 6,238. That makes it the 9th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,889 residents.

Nalur village has 3,146 males and 3,092 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nalur has about 983 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1011.

The pincode recorded for Nalur is 601203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Nalur covers 818.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Nalur is Minjur, about 1.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Nalur.

Nalur is about 40 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nalur is in Ponneri tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Mīnjūr is about 1.8 km away. Minjur is about 1.9 km away. Ponneri is about 7.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.