About Kottur Village

Kottur is a large village in Sriperumbudur tehsil, in the district of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,145, made up of 1,090 males and 1,055 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 968 females per 1000 males. The village covers 732.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 631553, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kottur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kottur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Kancheepuram
Tehsil	Sriperumbudur
Pincode	631553
Area (hectares)	732.04 hectares
Population	2,145
Male Population	1,090
Female Population	1,055
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	968
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 32 km distance

How Kottur compares

By the 2011 count Kottur is the 33rd largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,681 residents. Its 732.04 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 974.

Getting to Kottur

Kottur 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 Kottur 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 32 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kottur from other places

Kottur lies about 20 km from Kancheepuram, and the nearest railway station is Tiruvalangadu, about 12 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 Kottur
Nearest railway station	Tiruvalangadu	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sriperumbudur	16 km
Nearest town	Srīperumbūdūr	16 km
District headquarters	Kancheepuram	20 km

Villages closest to Kottur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kottur village had a population of 2,145. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,681 residents.

Kottur village has 1,090 males and 1,055 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kottur has about 968 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 974.

The pincode recorded for Kottur is 631553. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kottur covers 732.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kottur falls under Sriperumbudur tehsil of Kancheepuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Kottur is Tiruvalangadu, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 32 km distance.

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

Kottur is about 20 km from Kancheepuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kottur is in Sriperumbudur tehsil of Kancheepuram district. Tiruvalangadu is about 12 km away. Sriperumbudur is about 16 km away. Srīperumbūdūr is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.