About Puthirankottai Village

Puthirankottai is a mid sized village in Cheyyur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,893, made up of 944 males and 949 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 795.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 603401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Puthirankottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puthirankottai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Cheyyur
Pincode	603401
Area (hectares)	795.61 hectares
Population	1,893
Male Population	944
Female Population	949
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,005
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 25 km distance

How Puthirankottai compares

By the 2011 count Puthirankottai is the 31st largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents. Its 795.61 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Puthirankottai

Puthirankottai 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 Puthirankottai 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 25 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Puthirankottai from other places

Puthirankottai lies about 62 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Acharapakkam, about 14 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 Puthirankottai
Nearest town	Kottaikādu	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Cheyyur	13 km
Nearest railway station	Acharapakkam	14 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	62 km

Villages closest to Puthirankottai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Puthirankottai village had a population of 1,893. That makes it the 31st largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents.

Puthirankottai village has 944 males and 949 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puthirankottai has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Puthirankottai is 603401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Puthirankottai covers 795.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Puthirankottai falls under Cheyyur tehsil of Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Puthirankottai is Acharapakkam, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 25 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 km distance for Puthirankottai.

Puthirankottai is about 62 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puthirankottai is in Cheyyur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Kottaikādu is about 11 km away. Cheyyur is about 13 km away. Acharapakkam is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.