About Orathur Village

Orathur is a mid sized village in Mannargudi tehsil, in the district of Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,036, made up of 515 males and 521 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 327.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614717, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Orathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Orathur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvarur
Tehsil	Mannargudi
Pincode	614717
Area (hectares)	327.33 hectares
Population	1,036
Male Population	515
Female Population	521
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,012
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Orathur compares

By the 2011 count Orathur is the 101st largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,046 residents. Its 327.33 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 1024.

Getting to Orathur

Orathur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Orathur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Orathur from other places

Orathur lies about 25 km from Thiruvarur, and the nearest railway station is Nidamangalam Junction, about under 2 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 Orathur
Nearest railway station	Nidamangalam Junction	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mannargudi	13 km
District headquarters	Thiruvarur	25 km

Villages closest to Orathur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mannargudi 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 Orathur

As per the Census of India 2011, Orathur village had a population of 1,036. That makes it the 101st largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,046 residents.

Orathur village has 515 males and 521 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Orathur has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Orathur is 614717. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Orathur covers 327.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Orathur falls under Mannargudi tehsil of Thiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Orathur is Nidamangalam Junction, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Orathur is about 25 km from Thiruvarur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Orathur is in Mannargudi tehsil of Thiruvarur district. Nidamangalam Junction is about under 2 km away. Mannargudi is about 13 km away. Thiruvarur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.