About Kalathur Village

Kalathur is a large village in Arakonam tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,078, made up of 1,551 males and 1,527 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 958.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 652531, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalathur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
Tehsil	Arakonam
Pincode	652531
Area (hectares)	958.53 hectares
Population	3,078
Male Population	1,551
Female Population	1,527
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	985
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 25 km distance

How Kalathur compares

By the 2011 count Kalathur is the 40th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,632 residents. Its 958.53 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Kalathur

Kalathur 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 Kalathur 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 25 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kalathur from other places

Kalathur lies about 31 km from Vellore, and the nearest railway station is Onnupuram, about 19 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 Kalathur
Nearest railway station	Onnupuram	19 km
Nearest town	Polūr	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Arakonam	31 km
District headquarters	Vellore	31 km

Villages closest to Kalathur

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 Kalathur

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalathur village had a population of 3,078. That makes it the 40th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,632 residents.

Kalathur village has 1,551 males and 1,527 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalathur has about 985 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Kalathur is 652531. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalathur covers 958.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kalathur is Onnupuram, about 19 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 25 km distance.

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

Kalathur is about 31 km from Vellore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalathur is in Arakonam tehsil of Vellore district. Onnupuram is about 19 km away. Polūr is about 21 km away. Arakonam is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.