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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 643384
- Pincode
- 635305
- Post office
- Morappur
- Population
- 1,673
- Households
- 420
- Literacy rate
- 64.4%
- Sex ratio
- 1028 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 628
- Distance to district centre
- 38 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 58 km
- Distance to Chennai
- 230 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 128 km
- Nearest railway station
- Morappur · <1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- கவண் மருத்துவமனை · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Morappur compares
By population, Morappur ranks #34 of 167 villages in Harur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.4%
+5.1% vs mandal average
- Morappur
- 64.4%
- Harur mandal
- 59.3%
- Dharmapuri district
- 60.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,028
+66 vs mandal average
- Morappur
- 1,028
- Harur mandal
- 962
Household size
people per home
4.0
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Morappur
- 4.0
- Harur mandal
- 3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Morappur at a glance
Morappur is a village of 1,673 people in 420 households (Census 2011) in Harur taluk, Dharmapuri district, Tamil Nadu, the 34th-largest of 167 villages in Harur taluk. Literacy is 64%, 5 points above the taluk average of 59% and the sex ratio is 1,028 women per 1,000 men. It lies 38 km from the Dharmapuri district centre, 47 km from Bargur, the nearest town, under 1 km from Morappur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 635305, served by Morappur post office; the LGD village code is 643384. The nearest hospital or health centre is கவண் மருத்துவமனை, 10 km away. The village votes in Yercaud assembly constituency, represented by MLA P.Usharani. The population is estimated at 1,972 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Morappur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morappur · this village | 1,673 | 64% | — |
| Allalapatty · Pappireddipatti | 479 | 62% | 8.9 km SE |
| Kuruthampatty · Harur | 594 | 66% | 9.4 km E |
| Soriyampatti · Harur | 1,197 | 64% | 9.7 km E |
| Ichampadi · Karimangalam | 854 | 67% | 10.6 km E |
| Harur · Harur | — | — | 11.7 km SE |
| Kadathur · Nambiyur | 4,171 | 59% | 12.3 km W |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Morappur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 20
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- Primary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- Yes
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- HARUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 12
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 27
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 12
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Morappur
- Total area (ha)
- 163.04
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 30
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Morappur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Morappur
- LGD code
- 643384
- Pincode
- 635305
- Post office
- Morappur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,673
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,972
- Households
- 420
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1028
- Literacy rate
- 64.4%
- Coordinates
- 12.12335°N, 78.39733°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kallakurichi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Yercaud
- Member of Parliament
- Malaiyarasan D
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- P.Usharani
- Block / Mandal
- Harur
- Nearest railway station
- Morappur (0.4 km)
Getting there
How to reach Morappur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Chennai230 kmcapital
- Bengaluru128 km
- Hyderabad585 km
- Mumbai973 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMorappur<1 km
- Bus stopMorappur Bus Stop<1 km
- Hospital / PHCகவண் மருத்துவமனை10 km
- ATM / bankDharmapuri Central CoOp Bank11 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum Petrol Pump , Kas Petroleum11 km
- CollegeGovernment Arts and science college,Harur11 km
- Police stationMathur Police Station29 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- Morappur Bus Stopunder 1 km
- Railway station
- Morappurunder 1 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Morappur
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕ஶ்ரீ சென்னகேசவ பெருமாள் கோவில்Temple<1 km ↗
Same pincode
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Villages near Morappur
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- Vedakadamaduvu
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- Poyyapatti
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- Thathampatti
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- Sakkilipatti
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- Elavadi
- Ellepudayampatti
- Theerthamalai
- Kiraipatty
- Marudipatti
- Periyappannimaduvu
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- Vengiampatti
- K. Vetrapatti
- Chellampatti
- Thedampatti
- Pallipatti
- Tandekuppam
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)