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About Periya Koodakoil Village

Periya Koodakoil is a small village in Madurai South tehsil, in the district of Madurai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 173, made up of 95 males and 78 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 821 females per 1000 males. The village covers 412.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 625022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Periya Koodakoil Overview

Census 2011 figures for Periya Koodakoil village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Madurai
Tehsil Madurai South
Pincode 625022
Area (hectares) 412.75 hectares
Population 173
Male Population 95
Female Population 78
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 821
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Periya Koodakoil compares

By the 2011 count Periya Koodakoil is the 43rd largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,117 residents. Its 412.75 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 972.

Getting to Periya Koodakoil

Periya Koodakoil is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Periya Koodakoil 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 Periya Koodakoil from other places

Periya Koodakoil lies about 17 km from Madurai, and the nearest railway station is Sivarakottai, about 11 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 Periya Koodakoil
Nearest railway station Sivarakottai 11 km
Nearest town Tirumangalam 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Madurai South 17 km
District headquarters Madurai 17 km

Villages closest to Periya Koodakoil

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Madurai South 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 Periya Koodakoil

As per the Census of India 2011, Periya Koodakoil village had a population of 173. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,117 residents.

Periya Koodakoil village has 95 males and 78 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Periya Koodakoil has about 821 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Periya Koodakoil is 625022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Periya Koodakoil covers 412.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Periya Koodakoil falls under Madurai South tehsil of Madurai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Periya Koodakoil is Sivarakottai, about 11 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 Periya Koodakoil.

Periya Koodakoil is about 17 km from Madurai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Periya Koodakoil is in Madurai South tehsil of Madurai district. Sivarakottai is about 11 km away. Tirumangalam is about 12 km away. Madurai South is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nedumadurai (2.6 km), Eliyarpatti (2.8 km) and Kombadi (2.9 km).

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

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