By population, Kovilur ranks #30 of 41 villages in Dindiguleast mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kovilur is a village of 2,022 people in 496 households (Census 2011) in Dindiguleast taluk, Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu, the 30th-largest of 41 villages in Dindiguleast taluk. Literacy is 74%, 10 points above the taluk average of 64% and the sex ratio is 1,018 women per 1,000 men. It lies 22 km from the Dindigul district centre, 22 km from Kodangipatti, the nearest town, under 1 km from Vembur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 624005, served by Balakrishnapurampudur post office; the LGD village code is 635358. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Kovilur, <1 km away. The village votes in Vedasandur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Saminathan. T. The population is estimated at 2,384 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kovilur · this village | 2,022 | 74% | — |
| Eriodu · Vedasandur | — | — | 9 km S |
| Valayapatti · Kariapatti | 0 | — | 9.3 km E |
| Kadavur · Madurai North | 1,329 | 60% | 12.1 km E |
| Kollapatti · Thuraiyur | 1,552 | 65% | 14.4 km SE |
| Kollapatti · Vedasandur | 3,302 | 67% | 14.4 km SE |
| Kollapatti · Uthangarai | 448 | 65% | 14.4 km SE |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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