About Palayankottai Village

Palayankottai is a mid sized village in Kattumannarkoil tehsil, in the district of Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,871, made up of 972 males and 899 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 827.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 608701, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palayankottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palayankottai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Cuddalore
Tehsil	Kattumannarkoil
Pincode	608701
Area (hectares)	827.03 hectares
Population	1,871
Male Population	972
Female Population	899
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palayankottai compares

By the 2011 count Palayankottai is the 38th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,473 residents. Its 827.03 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Palayankottai

Palayankottai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palayankottai 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palayankottai from other places

Palayankottai lies about 54 km from Cuddalore, and the nearest railway station is Neyveli, about 20 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 Palayankottai
Tehsil headquarters	Kattumannarkoil	13 km
Nearest railway station	Neyveli	20 km
District headquarters	Cuddalore	54 km

Villages closest to Palayankottai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kattumannarkoil 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 Palayankottai

As per the Census of India 2011, Palayankottai village had a population of 1,871. That makes it the 38th largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,473 residents.

Palayankottai village has 972 males and 899 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palayankottai has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Palayankottai is 608701. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palayankottai covers 827.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palayankottai falls under Kattumannarkoil tehsil of Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Palayankottai is Neyveli, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Palayankottai is about 54 km from Cuddalore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palayankottai is in Kattumannarkoil tehsil of Cuddalore district. Kattumannarkoil is about 13 km away. Neyveli is about 20 km away. Cuddalore is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.