By population, Vanjur ranks #9 of 56 villages in Katpadi mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Vanjur is a village of 4,067 people in 979 households (Census 2011) in Katpadi taluk, Vellore district, Tamil Nadu, the 9th-largest of 56 villages in Katpadi taluk. Literacy is 65%, 5 points below the taluk average of 70% and the sex ratio is 1,011 women per 1,000 men. It lies 36 km from the Vellore district centre, 26 km from Ponnai, the nearest town, 3 km from Vellore Town railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 632006, served by Gandhinagar (Vellore) post office; the LGD village code is 630412. The nearest hospital or health centre is Siddhavanam Health Care, 3 km away. The sarpanch is G Sundari, and the village votes in Anaikattu assembly constituency, represented by MLA D.Velazhagan. The population is estimated at 4,795 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Vanjur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanjur · this village | 4,067 | 65% | — |
| Konavattam · Vellore | — | — | 2.9 km S |
| Melmanavur · Vellore | 4,601 | 68% | 3.4 km SW |
| Katpadi · Katpadi | — | — | 4.3 km NE |
| Thellur · Chetpet | 2,868 | 66% | 4.8 km S |
| Thellur · Vandavasi | 1,025 | 68% | 4.8 km S |
| Thellur · Anaicut | 6,356 | 74% | 4.8 km S |
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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