About Amur Village

Amur is a small village in Gingee tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 341, made up of 166 males and 175 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,054 females per 1000 males. The village covers 202.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604306, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Amur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Amur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Gingee
Pincode	604306
Area (hectares)	202.11 hectares
Population	341
Male Population	166
Female Population	175
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,054
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 3 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 km distance

How Amur compares

By the 2011 count Amur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents. Its 202.11 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Amur

Amur 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 Amur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 3 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Amur from other places

Amur lies about 26 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Nedimolyanur, about 4.5 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 Amur
Nearest railway station	Nedimolyanur	4.5 km
Nearest town	Tindivanam	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gingee	17 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	26 km

Villages closest to Amur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gingee 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 Amur

As per the Census of India 2011, Amur village had a population of 341. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,655 residents.

Amur village has 166 males and 175 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Amur has about 1054 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Amur is 604306. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Amur covers 202.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Amur falls under Gingee tehsil of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Amur is Nedimolyanur, about 4.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 3 km distance for Amur.

Amur is about 26 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Amur is in Gingee tehsil of Viluppuram district. Nedimolyanur is about 4.5 km away. Tindivanam is about 14 km away. Gingee is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.