About Keelakottiyur Village

Keelakottiyur is a mid sized village in Chengalpattu tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 768, made up of 387 males and 381 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 215.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 600127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keelakottiyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keelakottiyur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Chengalpattu
Pincode	600127
Area (hectares)	215.67 hectares
Population	768
Male Population	387
Female Population	381
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	984
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 8 km distance

How Keelakottiyur compares

By the 2011 count Keelakottiyur is the 89th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents. Its 215.67 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Keelakottiyur

Keelakottiyur 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 Keelakottiyur 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 8 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Keelakottiyur from other places

Keelakottiyur lies about 49 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Kilambakkam, about 8.8 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 Keelakottiyur
Nearest town	Unamaucheri	5.2 km
Nearest railway station	Kilambakkam	8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chengalpattu	25 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	49 km

Villages closest to Keelakottiyur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Keelakottiyur village had a population of 768. That makes it the 89th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents.

Keelakottiyur village has 387 males and 381 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keelakottiyur has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Keelakottiyur is 600127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keelakottiyur covers 215.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Keelakottiyur falls under Chengalpattu tehsil of Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Keelakottiyur is Kilambakkam, about 8.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 8 km distance.

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

Keelakottiyur is about 49 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keelakottiyur is in Chengalpattu tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Unamaucheri is about 5.2 km away. Kilambakkam is about 8.8 km away. Chengalpattu is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.