About Okkur Village

Okkur is a large village in Kilvelur tehsil, in the district of Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,202, made up of 1,073 males and 1,129 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,052 females per 1000 males. The village covers 611.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 611002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Okkur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Okkur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Nagapattinam
Tehsil	Kilvelur
Pincode	611002
Area (hectares)	611.22 hectares
Population	2,202
Male Population	1,073
Female Population	1,129
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,052
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Okkur compares

By the 2011 count Okkur is the 17th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,193 residents. Its 611.22 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1026.

Getting to Okkur

Okkur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Okkur 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Okkur from other places

Okkur lies about 12 km from Nagapattinam, and the nearest railway station is Kizhvelur, about 5.4 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 Okkur
Tehsil headquarters	Kilvelur	4.0 km
Nearest railway station	Kizhvelur	5.4 km
District headquarters	Nagapattinam	12 km

Villages closest to Okkur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Okkur village had a population of 2,202. That makes it the 17th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,193 residents.

Okkur village has 1,073 males and 1,129 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Okkur has about 1052 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Okkur is 611002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Okkur covers 611.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Okkur falls under Kilvelur tehsil of Nagapattinam district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Okkur is Kizhvelur, about 5.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Okkur is about 12 km from Nagapattinam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Okkur is in Kilvelur tehsil of Nagapattinam district. Kilvelur is about 4.0 km away. Kizhvelur is about 5.4 km away. Nagapattinam is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.