About Medur Village

Medur is a large village in Ponneri tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,144, made up of 1,559 males and 1,585 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1233.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 601204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Medur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Medur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvallur
Tehsil	Ponneri
Pincode	601204
Area (hectares)	1233.07 hectares
Population	3,144
Male Population	1,559
Female Population	1,585
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,017
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 7 km distance

How Medur compares

By the 2011 count Medur is the 21st largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,889 residents. Its 1233.07 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1011.

Getting to Medur

Medur 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 Medur 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 7 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Medur from other places

Medur lies about 43 km from Thiruvallur. 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 Medur
Tehsil headquarters	Ponneri	5.7 km
District headquarters	Thiruvallur	43 km

Villages closest to Medur

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 Medur

As per the Census of India 2011, Medur village had a population of 3,144. That makes it the 21st largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,889 residents.

Medur village has 1,559 males and 1,585 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Medur has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1011.

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

Medur covers 1233.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Medur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 7 km distance.

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

Medur is about 43 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Medur is in Ponneri tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Ponneri is about 5.7 km away. Thiruvallur is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.