About Velur Village

Velur is a mid sized village in Arakonam tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,711, made up of 862 males and 849 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 688.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 631003, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Velur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Velur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
Tehsil	Arakonam
Pincode	631003
Area (hectares)	688.91 hectares
Population	1,711
Male Population	862
Female Population	849
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	985
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10 km distance

How Velur compares

By the 2011 count Velur is the 86th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,632 residents. Its 688.91 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 Velur

Velur 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 Velur 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 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Velur from other places

Velur lies about under 2 km from Vellore, and the nearest railway station is Vellore Town, about under 2 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 Velur
Tehsil headquarters	Arakonam	under 2 km
District headquarters	Vellore	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Vellore Town	under 2 km

Villages closest to Velur

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 Velur

As per the Census of India 2011, Velur village had a population of 1,711. That makes it the 86th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,632 residents.

Velur village has 862 males and 849 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Velur 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 Velur is 631003. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Velur covers 688.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Velur is Vellore Town, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10 km distance.

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

Velur is about under 2 km from Vellore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Velur is in Arakonam tehsil of Vellore district. Arakonam is about under 2 km away. Vellore is about under 2 km away. Vellore Town is about under 2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.