About Athur Village

Athur is a mid sized village in Arakonam tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,248, made up of 617 males and 631 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 483.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 631004, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Athur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Athur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
Tehsil	Arakonam
Pincode	631004
Area (hectares)	483.24 hectares
Population	1,248
Male Population	617
Female Population	631
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,023
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 3 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 8 km distance

How Athur compares

By the 2011 count Athur is the 109th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,632 residents. Its 483.24 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Athur

Athur 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 Athur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 3 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 8 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Athur from other places

Athur lies about 23 km from Vellore, and the nearest railway station is Walaja Road Junction, about 12 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 Athur
Nearest town	Arcot	4.3 km
Nearest railway station	Walaja Road Junction	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Arakonam	23 km
District headquarters	Vellore	23 km

Villages closest to Athur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Athur village had a population of 1,248. That makes it the 109th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,632 residents.

Athur village has 617 males and 631 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Athur has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Athur is 631004. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Athur covers 483.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Athur falls under Arakonam tehsil of Vellore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Athur is Walaja Road Junction, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 8 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 3 km distance for Athur.

Athur is about 23 km from Vellore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Athur is in Arakonam tehsil of Vellore district. Arcot is about 4.3 km away. Walaja Road Junction is about 12 km away. Arakonam is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.