About Mattur Village

Mattur is a mid sized village in Vanur tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,678, made up of 834 males and 844 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1237.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 605014, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mattur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mattur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Vanur
Pincode	605014
Area (hectares)	1237.32 hectares
Population	1,678
Male Population	834
Female Population	844
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,012
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 12 km distance

How Mattur compares

By the 2011 count Mattur is the 38th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,085 residents. Its 1237.32 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Mattur

Mattur 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 Mattur as Available within 5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 12 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Mattur from other places

Mattur lies about 39 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Puducherry, about 13 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 Mattur
Nearest town	Kottaikuppam	9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vanur	11 km
Nearest railway station	Puducherry	13 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	39 km

Villages closest to Mattur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mattur village had a population of 1,678. That makes it the 38th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,085 residents.

Mattur village has 834 males and 844 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mattur has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Mattur is 605014. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mattur covers 1237.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Mattur falls under Vanur tehsil of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Mattur is Puducherry, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 12 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 km distance for Mattur.

Mattur is about 39 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mattur is in Vanur tehsil of Viluppuram district. Kottaikuppam is about 9.4 km away. Vanur is about 11 km away. Puducherry is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.