About Velur Village

Velur is a mid sized village in Ponneri tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,498, made up of 743 males and 755 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 251.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 601203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Velur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Velur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvallur
Tehsil	Ponneri
Pincode	601203
Area (hectares)	251.01 hectares
Population	1,498
Male Population	743
Female Population	755
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 13 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 km distance

How Velur compares

By the 2011 count Velur is the 46th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,889 residents. Its 251.01 hectares work out to about 6.0 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 Velur

Velur 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 Velur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 13 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 Velur from other places

Velur lies about 44 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Anuppambattu, about 4.8 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 Velur
Nearest railway station	Anuppambattu	4.8 km
Nearest town	Mīnjūr	5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ponneri	7.9 km
District headquarters	Thiruvallur	44 km

Villages closest to Velur

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 Velur

As per the Census of India 2011, Velur village had a population of 1,498. That makes it the 46th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,889 residents.

Velur village has 743 males and 755 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Velur has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1011.

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

Velur covers 251.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Velur is Anuppambattu, about 4.8 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 13 km distance for Velur.

Velur is about 44 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Velur is in Ponneri tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Anuppambattu is about 4.8 km away. Mīnjūr is about 5.6 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.