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About Soorapattu Village

Soorapattu is a mid sized village in Ponneri tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 609, made up of 300 males and 309 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 600067, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Soorapattu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Soorapattu village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thiruvallur
Tehsil Ponneri
Pincode 600067
Area (hectares) 117.04 hectares
Population 609
Male Population 300
Female Population 309
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,030
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 12 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Soorapattu compares

By the 2011 count Soorapattu is the 90th 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 117.04 hectares work out to about 5.2 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 Soorapattu

Soorapattu 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 Soorapattu as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 12 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Soorapattu from other places

Soorapattu lies about 31 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Kolathur, about 2.4 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 Soorapattu
Nearest railway station Kolathur 2.4 km
Nearest town Puzhal 2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Ponneri 22 km
District headquarters Thiruvallur 31 km

Villages closest to Soorapattu

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 Soorapattu

As per the Census of India 2011, Soorapattu village had a population of 609. That makes it the 90th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,889 residents.

Soorapattu village has 300 males and 309 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Soorapattu has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1011.

The pincode recorded for Soorapattu is 600067. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Soorapattu covers 117.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Soorapattu is Kolathur, about 2.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 12 km distance for Soorapattu.

Soorapattu is about 31 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Soorapattu is in Ponneri tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Kolathur is about 2.4 km away. Puzhal is about 2.8 km away. Ponneri is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Madhavaram (4.3 km), Thadaperumbakkam (4.6 km) and Nallur (6.6 km).

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

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