About Uriyur Village

Uriyur is a mid sized village in Arakonam tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,727, made up of 850 males and 877 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,032 females per 1000 males. The village covers 777.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 631151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Uriyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Uriyur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Vellore
Tehsil	Arakonam
Pincode	631151
Area (hectares)	777.52 hectares
Population	1,727
Male Population	850
Female Population	877
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,032
Bus Service (public)	Available within 7 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10 km distance

How Uriyur compares

By the 2011 count Uriyur is the 85th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,632 residents. Its 777.52 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 Uriyur

Uriyur 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 Uriyur as Available within 7 km distance. 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 Uriyur from other places

Uriyur lies about 5.7 km from Vellore, and the nearest railway station is Vellore Cantonment, about 4.7 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 Uriyur
Nearest town	Allapuram	3.4 km
Nearest railway station	Vellore Cantonment	4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Arakonam	5.7 km
District headquarters	Vellore	5.7 km

Villages closest to Uriyur

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 Uriyur

As per the Census of India 2011, Uriyur village had a population of 1,727. That makes it the 85th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,632 residents.

Uriyur village has 850 males and 877 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Uriyur has about 1032 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Uriyur is 631151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Uriyur covers 777.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Uriyur is Vellore Cantonment, about 4.7 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 7 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Uriyur.

Uriyur is about 5.7 km from Vellore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Uriyur is in Arakonam tehsil of Vellore district. Allapuram is about 3.4 km away. Vellore Cantonment is about 4.7 km away. Arakonam is about 5.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.