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About Korakkai Village

Korakkai is a large village in Tittakudi tehsil, in the district of Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,151, made up of 1,142 males and 1,009 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1383.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 606106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Korakkai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Korakkai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Cuddalore
Tehsil Tittakudi
Pincode 606106
Area (hectares) 1383.2 hectares
Population 2,151
Male Population 1,142
Female Population 1,009
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 884
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Korakkai compares

By the 2011 count Korakkai is the 30th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,790 residents. Its 1383.2 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 976.

Getting to Korakkai

Korakkai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Korakkai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Korakkai from other places

Korakkai lies about 34 km from Cuddalore, and the nearest railway station is Vikravandi, about 9.6 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 Korakkai
Nearest railway station Vikravandi 9.6 km
Nearest town Villupuram 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Tittakudi 34 km
District headquarters Cuddalore 34 km

Villages closest to Korakkai

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

Common questions about Korakkai

As per the Census of India 2011, Korakkai village had a population of 2,151. That makes it the 30th largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,790 residents.

Korakkai village has 1,142 males and 1,009 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Korakkai has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 976.

The pincode recorded for Korakkai is 606106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Korakkai covers 1383.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Korakkai falls under Tittakudi tehsil of Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Korakkai is Vikravandi, about 9.6 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 <5 km distance for Korakkai.

Korakkai is about 34 km from Cuddalore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Korakkai is in Tittakudi tehsil of Cuddalore district. Vikravandi is about 9.6 km away. Villupuram is about 18 km away. Tittakudi is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Akkanur (4.6 km), Lakkur (8.1 km) and Ivanur (11 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Korakkai today is likely to be higher.

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