About Velur Village

Velur is a mid sized village in Valangaiman tehsil, in the district of Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,735, made up of 902 males and 833 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 357.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 612701, 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	Thiruvarur
Tehsil	Valangaiman
Pincode	612701
Area (hectares)	357.94 hectares
Population	1,735
Male Population	902
Female Population	833
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	924
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Velur compares

By the 2011 count Velur is the 16th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,323 residents. Its 357.94 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Velur

Velur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Velur 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 Velur from other places

Velur lies about 39 km from Thiruvarur, and the nearest railway station is Papanasam, about 5.3 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	Papanasam	5.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Valangaiman	10 km
Nearest town	Kumbakonam	13 km
District headquarters	Thiruvarur	39 km

Villages closest to Velur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Valangaiman 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 1,735. That makes it the 16th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,323 residents.

Velur village has 902 males and 833 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Velur has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 999.

The pincode recorded for Velur is 612701. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Velur covers 357.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Velur falls under Valangaiman tehsil of Thiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Velur is Papanasam, about 5.3 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 Velur.

Velur is about 39 km from Thiruvarur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Velur is in Valangaiman tehsil of Thiruvarur district. Papanasam is about 5.3 km away. Valangaiman is about 10 km away. Kumbakonam is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.