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- LGD code
- 632882
- Pincode
- 605203
- Post office
- Kanjanur
- Population
- 3,408
- Households
- 777
- Literacy rate
- 68.8%
- Sex ratio
- 900 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,505
- Distance to district centre
- 39 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 36 km
- Distance to Chennai
- 146 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 230 km
- Nearest railway station
- Mundiyampakkam · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Goverment medical college & hospital, Villupuram · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Thumbur compares
By population, Thumbur ranks #29 of 116 villages in Vikravandi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
68.8%
+4.5% vs mandal average
- Thumbur
- 68.8%
- Vikravandi mandal
- 64.3%
- Viluppuram district
- 63.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
900
−86 vs mandal average
- Thumbur
- 900
- Vikravandi mandal
- 986
Household size
people per home
4.4
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Thumbur
- 4.4
- Vikravandi mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Thumbur at a glance
Thumbur is a village of 3,408 people in 777 households (Census 2011) in Vikravandi taluk, Viluppuram district, Tamil Nadu, the 29th-largest of 116 villages in Vikravandi taluk. Literacy is 69%, 5 points above the taluk average of 64% and the sex ratio is 900 women per 1,000 men. It lies 39 km from the Viluppuram district centre, 17 km from Mannadipet, the nearest town, 5 km from Mundiyampakkam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 605203, served by Kanjanur post office; the LGD village code is 632882. The nearest hospital or health centre is Goverment medical college & hospital, Villupuram, 6 km away. The village votes in Ulundurpettai assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vasanthavel G R. The population is estimated at 4,018 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Thumbur
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 21
- Power hours (winter)
- 24
- Primary school
- 3
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 1
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- Yes
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- VILUPPURAM
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 10
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Thumbur
- Total area (ha)
- 655
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 395
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Thumbur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Thumbur
- LGD code
- 632882
- Pincode
- 605203
- Post office
- Kanjanur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,408
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,018
- Households
- 777
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 900
- Literacy rate
- 68.8%
- Coordinates
- 12.02245°N, 79.47633°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Viluppuram
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Ulundurpettai
- Member of Parliament
- Durai Ravikumar
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vasanthavel G R
- Block / Mandal
- Vikravandi
- Nearest PHC
- SJ Nursing Home (41.8 km)
Getting there
How to reach Thumbur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Chennai146 kmcapital
- Bengaluru230 km
- Hyderabad606 km
- Mumbai1055 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMundiyampakkam5 km
- Bus stopVikravandi Bus Station7 km
- Hospital / PHCGoverment medical college & hospital, Villupuram6 km
- ATM / bankIndian Bank5 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum7 km
- CollegeE.S engineering college7 km
- Police stationkanjanur police station5 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 605203
- MuttaturVikravandi mandal3,525 pop
- EsalamVikravandi mandal2,935 pop
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- KanjanurVikravandi mandal2,195 pop
- KasbakaranaiVikravandi mandal2,133 pop
- NemurVikravandi mandal2,123 pop
- VembiVikravandi mandal1,977 pop
- Mandagapattu (E)Vikravandi mandal1,965 pop
- BrahmadesamVikravandi mandal1,946 pop
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)