Pothur, Villivakkam

Pothur is a village located in the Avadi Taluk of Thiruvallur district of Tamilnadu. The village falls in Villivakkam block and comes under Potthur Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Tiruvallur parliament constituency and Madavaram assembly constituency.

As on December 2024, the current population of Pothur is 2.9 thousands out of which 1.5 thousands are males and rest 1.4 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 948 females per 1000 males. There are around 356 teenagers in Pothur. It has literacy rate of 73% which means around 2.2 thousands persons can read and write. Total 736 people belonging to scheduled caste and 130 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 743 households in Pothur, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 1.1 thousands. The pincode of Pothur is 600052 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Padianallur Sub Post office
• Redhills Sub Post office
• Boochiathipattu Branch Post office
• Edapalayam Branch Post office
• Guruvoyal Branch Post office

Schools

Pothur has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Pre Upper Primary School, Pothur

Hospitals

Pothur has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Naravarikuppam I Sub-Center
• Naravarikuppam III Sub-Center
• Panadukulam Sub-Center
• Alamathi Primary Health Center
• Guruvayal Sub-Center

Banks

Pothur has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Bank of Baroda Redhills Chennai
• Bank of Baroda Red Hills
• Canara Bank Padianallur, Thiruvallur Dist
• Canara Bank Pothur
• CSB Bank Redhills