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About Kallur Village

Kallur is a small village in Ponneri tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 380, made up of 190 males and 190 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 480.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 601201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kallur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kallur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thiruvallur
Tehsil Ponneri
Pincode 601201
Area (hectares) 480.91 hectares
Population 380
Male Population 190
Female Population 190
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 18 km distance

How Kallur compares

By the 2011 count Kallur is the 110th 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 480.91 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 1011.

Getting to Kallur

Kallur 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 Kallur 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 18 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kallur from other places

Kallur lies about 51 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Elavur, 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 Kallur
Nearest railway station Elavur 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Ponneri 16 km
District headquarters Thiruvallur 51 km

Villages closest to Kallur

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 Kallur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kallur village had a population of 380. That makes it the 110th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,889 residents.

Kallur village has 190 males and 190 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kallur has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1011.

The pincode recorded for Kallur is 601201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kallur covers 480.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Kallur is Elavur, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 18 km distance.

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

Kallur is about 51 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kallur is in Ponneri tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Elavur is about 12 km away. Ponneri is about 16 km away. Thiruvallur is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mangodu (under 2 km), Seliambedu (2.3 km) and Uppunelvoyal (3.1 km).

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

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