About Ottakoil Village

Ottakoil is a large village in Ariyalur tehsil, in the district of Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,703, made up of 2,344 males and 2,359 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1795.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 621705, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ottakoil Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ottakoil village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Ariyalur
Tehsil	Ariyalur
Pincode	621705
Area (hectares)	1795.12 hectares
Population	4,703
Male Population	2,344
Female Population	2,359
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,006
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Ottakoil compares

By the 2011 count Ottakoil is the 12th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,425 residents. Its 1795.12 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Ottakoil

Ottakoil is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Ottakoil as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ottakoil from other places

Ottakoil lies about 6.8 km from Ariyalur, and the nearest railway station is Ottakovil, about 3.3 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Ottakoil
Nearest railway station	Ottakovil	3.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ariyalur	6.8 km
Nearest town	Ariyalūr	6.8 km

Villages closest to Ottakoil

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ariyalur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Ottakoil

As per the Census of India 2011, Ottakoil village had a population of 4,703. That makes it the 12th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,425 residents.

Ottakoil village has 2,344 males and 2,359 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ottakoil has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Ottakoil is 621705. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ottakoil covers 1795.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ottakoil falls under Ariyalur tehsil of Ariyalur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Ottakoil is Ottakovil, about 3.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Ottakoil.

Ottakoil is about 6.8 km from Ariyalur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ottakoil is in Ariyalur tehsil of Ariyalur district. Ottakovil is about 3.3 km away. Ariyalur is about 6.8 km away. Ariyalūr is about 6.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.