About Attur Village

Attur is a mid sized village in Tindivanam tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,473, made up of 746 males and 727 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 975 females per 1000 males. The village covers 461.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Attur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Attur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Tindivanam
Pincode	604001
Area (hectares)	461.3 hectares
Population	1,473
Male Population	746
Female Population	727
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	975
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 km distance

How Attur compares

By the 2011 count Attur is the 78th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,624 residents. Its 461.3 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 994.

Getting to Attur

Attur 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 Attur 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 5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Attur from other places

Attur lies about 38 km from Viluppuram. 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 Attur
Tehsil headquarters	Tindivanam	3.2 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	38 km

Villages closest to Attur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Attur village had a population of 1,473. That makes it the 78th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,624 residents.

Attur village has 746 males and 727 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Attur has about 975 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 994.

The pincode recorded for Attur is 604001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Attur covers 461.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Attur falls under Tindivanam tehsil of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The census record for Attur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 km distance.

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

Attur is about 38 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Attur is in Tindivanam tehsil of Viluppuram district. Tindivanam is about 3.2 km away. Viluppuram is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.