# Alathur Village, Cheyyar, Tiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu)

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Village · Cheyyar, Tiruvannamalai 

# Alathur

Alathur is a village in Cheyyar sub-district of Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu, PIN code **604408**. The 2011 Census counted **1,840 people in 485 households**, the 45th largest of 215 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.3%.

- 1,840people (2011)
- 485households
- 69.9%literacy
- 604408PIN code

## Alathur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Alathur is 604408.** Alathur falls in Cheyyar sub-district, Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu.

- PIN code604408
- Gram panchayatAlathur
- Community development blockAnakkavur
- Census village code631431

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Alathur from nearby towns?

- Tiruvethipuram (sub-district HQ)28 km by road
- Tiruvannamalai (district HQ)98 km by road
- Uthiramerur (nearest town)15 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Alathur?

21 services counted by the Census are inside Alathur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Irumbedu
- ○Degree college10+ km · Uthiramerur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Uthiramerur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and untreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 20 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Alathur known for?

The main crops are **paddy, sugarcane and ground nut**. About 26% of the 637 hectares of village land is sown, and 161 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Alathur

Of every 100 households in Alathur in 2011, 97 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Alathur · ■ Cheyyar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**87%

Tap water ****100%**

**90%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**29%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**69%

Use banking services ****41%**

**43%

Television ****91%**

**88%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**21%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**6%

Own their home ****99%**

**95%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Alathur?

■ Alathur · ■ Cheyyar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.9%**

**74.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**992

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**965

Working population ****50.8%**

**54.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.1% for men and 60.7% for women. 61% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 5 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 296 (32%) · **■** Household industry 14 (1%) · **■** Other work 81 (9%) · **■** Marginal 538 (58%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Cheyyar

- Nedungal1,927 people
- Korukkathur1,909 people
- Velleripattu1,876 people
- Thiruppanangadu1,863 people
- Enathavadi1,839 people
- Perungalathur1,777 people
- Koozhamandal1,750 people
- Pallavaram1,743 people

[All 217 villages in Cheyyar](https://wherepedia.org/india/tamil-nadu/tiruvannamalai/cheyyar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Alathur?604408
- How far is Alathur from Tiruvannamalai?98 km by road
- What is the population of Alathur?1,840 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alathur in?Tiruvannamalai district (Cheyyar sub-district), Tamil Nadu
- What is the literacy rate of Alathur?69.9% (Census 2011)