About Elathur Village

Elathur is a mid sized village in Arakonam tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,898, made up of 944 males and 954 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 337.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 632502, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Elathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Elathur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
Tehsil	Arakonam
Pincode	632502
Area (hectares)	337.45 hectares
Population	1,898
Male Population	944
Female Population	954
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,011
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 4 km distance

How Elathur compares

By the 2011 count Elathur is the 78th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,632 residents. Its 337.45 hectares work out to about 5.6 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 1003.

Getting to Elathur

Elathur 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 Elathur 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 4 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Elathur from other places

Elathur lies about 25 km from Vellore, and the nearest railway station is Kaniyambadi, about 17 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 Elathur
Nearest railway station	Kaniyambadi	17 km
Nearest town	Pallikonda	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Arakonam	25 km
District headquarters	Vellore	25 km

Villages closest to Elathur

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 Elathur

As per the Census of India 2011, Elathur village had a population of 1,898. That makes it the 78th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,632 residents.

Elathur village has 944 males and 954 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Elathur has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Elathur is 632502. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Elathur covers 337.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Elathur is Kaniyambadi, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 4 km distance.

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

Elathur is about 25 km from Vellore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Elathur is in Arakonam tehsil of Vellore district. Kaniyambadi is about 17 km away. Pallikonda is about 18 km away. Arakonam is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.