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About Velur Kasba Village

Velur Kasba is a large village in Srivaikuntam tehsil, in the district of Thoothukkudi, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,923, made up of 1,445 males and 1,478 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 926.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 628621, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Velur Kasba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Velur Kasba village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thoothukkudi
Tehsil Srivaikuntam
Pincode 628621
Area (hectares) 926.3 hectares
Population 2,923
Male Population 1,445
Female Population 1,478
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,023
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Velur Kasba compares

By the 2011 count Velur Kasba is the 22nd largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,425 residents. Its 926.3 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 1014.

Getting to Velur Kasba

Velur Kasba 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 Kasba 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Velur Kasba from other places

Velur Kasba lies about 31 km from Thoothukkudi, and the nearest railway station is Srivaikuntam, 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 Velur Kasba
Nearest railway station Srivaikuntam under 2 km
Nearest town Arumuganeri 22 km
District headquarters Thoothukkudi 31 km

Villages closest to Velur Kasba

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Srivaikuntam 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 Velur Kasba

As per the Census of India 2011, Velur Kasba village had a population of 2,923. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,425 residents.

Velur Kasba village has 1,445 males and 1,478 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Velur Kasba has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Velur Kasba is 628621. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Velur Kasba covers 926.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Velur Kasba falls under Srivaikuntam tehsil of Thoothukkudi district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Velur Kasba is Srivaikuntam, about under 2 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 village for Velur Kasba.

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

Velur Kasba is in Srivaikuntam tehsil of Thoothukkudi district. Srivaikuntam is about under 2 km away. Arumuganeri is about 22 km away. Thoothukkudi is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sriparankusanallur (2.6 km), Kalvay (2.9 km) and Padmanabhamangalam (3.7 km).

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

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