About Adanur Village

Adanur is a mid sized village in Sankarapuram tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 711, made up of 370 males and 341 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 232.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 605702, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Adanur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Adanur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Sankarapuram
Pincode	605702
Area (hectares)	232.92 hectares
Population	711
Male Population	370
Female Population	341
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	922
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Adanur compares

By the 2011 count Adanur is the 154th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents. Its 232.92 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Adanur

Adanur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Adanur 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 Adanur from other places

Adanur lies about 56 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Tandarai, about 21 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 Adanur
Tehsil headquarters	Sankarapuram	17 km
Nearest railway station	Tandarai	21 km
Nearest town	Tirukkoyilur	24 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	56 km

Villages closest to Adanur

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Adanur

As per the Census of India 2011, Adanur village had a population of 711. That makes it the 154th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,212 residents.

Adanur village has 370 males and 341 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Adanur has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Adanur is 605702. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Adanur covers 232.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Adanur falls under Sankarapuram tehsil of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Adanur is Tandarai, about 21 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 Adanur.

Adanur is about 56 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Adanur is in Sankarapuram tehsil of Viluppuram district. Sankarapuram is about 17 km away. Tandarai is about 21 km away. Tirukkoyilur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.