About Velur Village

Velur is a mid sized village in Arcot tehsil, in the district of Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,855, made up of 916 males and 939 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 561.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 632506, 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	Arcot
Pincode	632506
Area (hectares)	561.38 hectares
Population	1,855
Male Population	916
Female Population	939
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,025
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 22 km distance

How Velur compares

By the 2011 count Velur is the 32nd largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents. Its 561.38 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

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 22 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 30 km from Vellore, and the nearest railway station is Walaja Road Junction, about 18 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
Nearest town	Walajapet	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Arcot	13 km
Nearest railway station	Walaja Road Junction	18 km
District headquarters	Vellore	30 km

Villages closest to Velur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Arcot 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 1,855. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,603 residents.

Velur village has 916 males and 939 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Velur has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Velur is 632506. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Velur covers 561.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Velur is Walaja Road Junction, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 22 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 30 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 Arcot tehsil of Vellore district. Walajapet is about 13 km away. Arcot is about 13 km away. Walaja Road Junction is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.