About Palur Village

Palur is a large village in Ambur tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,100, made up of 2,105 males and 1,995 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 929.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 635804, 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	Vellore
Tehsil	Ambur
Pincode	635804
Area (hectares)	929.02 hectares
Population	4,100
Male Population	2,105
Female Population	1,995
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	948
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 km distance

How Palur compares

By the 2011 count Palur is the 13th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,455 residents. Its 929.02 hectares work out to about 4.4 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 1023.

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

How far is Palur from other places

Palur lies about 30 km from Vellore, and the nearest railway station is Valathoor, about 4.6 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	Valathoor	4.6 km
Nearest town	Gudiyatham	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ambur	17 km
District headquarters	Vellore	30 km

Villages closest to Palur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ambur 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 4,100. That makes it the 13th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,455 residents.

Palur village has 2,105 males and 1,995 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palur has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Palur is 635804. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palur covers 929.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palur falls under Ambur tehsil of Vellore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Palur is Valathoor, about 4.6 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 Palur.

Palur is about 30 km from Vellore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palur is in Ambur tehsil of Vellore district. Valathoor is about 4.6 km away. Gudiyatham is about 10 km away. Ambur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.