About Palur Village

Palur is a mid sized village in Srirangam tehsil, in the district of Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,603, made up of 761 males and 842 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,106 females per 1000 males. The village covers 206.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 620101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruchirappalli
Tehsil	Srirangam
Pincode	620101
Area (hectares)	206.6 hectares
Population	1,603
Male Population	761
Female Population	842
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,106
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Palur compares

By the 2011 count Palur is the 37th largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,615 residents. Its 206.6 hectares work out to about 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Palur

Palur 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 Palur 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palur from other places

Palur lies about 9.0 km from Tiruchirappalli, and the nearest railway station is Pichchandar Kovil, 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 Palur
Nearest railway station	Pichchandar Kovil	under 2 km
Nearest town	Mannachanallur	2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Srirangam	4.7 km
District headquarters	Tiruchirappalli	9.0 km

Villages closest to Palur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palur village had a population of 1,603. That makes it the 37th largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,615 residents.

Palur village has 761 males and 842 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palur has about 1106 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Palur is 620101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palur covers 206.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Palur falls under Srirangam tehsil of Tiruchirappalli district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Palur is Pichchandar Kovil, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Palur is about 9.0 km from Tiruchirappalli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palur is in Srirangam tehsil of Tiruchirappalli district. Pichchandar Kovil is about under 2 km away. Mannachanallur is about 2.9 km away. Srirangam is about 4.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.