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By population, Kattuputhur ranks #13 of 58 villages in Vellore mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kattuputhur is a village of 2,874 people in 720 households (Census 2011) in Vellore taluk, Vellore district, Tamil Nadu, the 13th-largest of 58 villages in Vellore taluk. Literacy is 76%, 5 points above the taluk average of 71% and the sex ratio is 997 women per 1,000 men. It lies 202 km from the Vellore district centre, 11 km from Tholurpatti, the nearest town, 5 km from Mayanoor railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 632058, served by Pennathur post office; the LGD village code is 630832. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Krishnarayapuram, 9 km away. The sarpanch is Sasikala G, and the village votes in Polur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Abishek. R. The population is estimated at 3,388 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kattuputhur · this village | 2,874 | 76% | — |
| Kattuputhur · Uthiramerur | 171 | 65% | 0 km N |
| Kattuputhur · Tiruvannamalai | 1,205 | 60% | 0 km N |
| Kattuputhur · Thovala | — | — | 0 km N |
| Devadanam · Ponneri | 1,181 | 62% | 2.9 km E |
| Devadanam · Muthupettai | 1,975 | 72% | 2.9 km E |
| Nagayanallur · Thottiyam | 6,205 | 63% | 3.3 km NE |
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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