About Athurai Village

Athurai is a large village in Polur tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,136, made up of 1,059 males and 1,077 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 494.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 606902, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Athurai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Athurai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil	Polur
Pincode	606902
Area (hectares)	494.3 hectares
Population	2,136
Male Population	1,059
Female Population	1,077
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,017
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 17 km distance

How Athurai compares

By the 2011 count Athurai is the 68th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,130 residents. Its 494.3 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Athurai

Athurai 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 Athurai 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 17 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Athurai from other places

Athurai lies about 33 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Polur, about 13 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 Athurai
Nearest railway station	Polur	13 km
Nearest town	Polūr	14 km
District headquarters	Tiruvannamalai	33 km

Villages closest to Athurai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Athurai village had a population of 2,136. That makes it the 68th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,130 residents.

Athurai village has 1,059 males and 1,077 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Athurai has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Athurai is 606902. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Athurai covers 494.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Athurai falls under Polur tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Athurai is Polur, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 17 km distance.

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

Athurai is about 33 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Athurai is in Polur tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Polur is about 13 km away. Polūr is about 14 km away. Tiruvannamalai is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.