About Adanur Village

Adanur is a large village in Ottapidaram tehsil, in the district of Thoothukkudi, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,152, made up of 1,061 males and 1,091 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1285.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 628712, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Adanur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Adanur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thoothukkudi
Tehsil	Ottapidaram
Pincode	628712
Area (hectares)	1285.7 hectares
Population	2,152
Male Population	1,061
Female Population	1,091
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,028
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Adanur compares

By the 2011 count Adanur is the 15th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,831 residents. Its 1285.7 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Adanur

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

Adanur lies about 27 km from Thoothukkudi, and the nearest railway station is Kailasapuram, about 20 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 Adanur
Tehsil headquarters	Ottapidaram	13 km
Nearest town	Mappilaiurani	20 km
Nearest railway station	Kailasapuram	20 km
District headquarters	Thoothukkudi	27 km

Villages closest to Adanur

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Adanur

As per the Census of India 2011, Adanur village had a population of 2,152. That makes it the 15th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,831 residents.

Adanur village has 1,061 males and 1,091 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Adanur has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Adanur is 628712. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Adanur covers 1285.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Adanur falls under Ottapidaram tehsil of Thoothukkudi district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Adanur is Kailasapuram, about 20 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 Adanur.

Adanur is about 27 km from Thoothukkudi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Adanur is in Ottapidaram tehsil of Thoothukkudi district. Ottapidaram is about 13 km away. Mappilaiurani is about 20 km away. Kailasapuram is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.