About Okkur Village

Okkur is a mid sized village in Avudayarkoil tehsil, in the district of Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,246, made up of 600 males and 646 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,077 females per 1000 males. The village covers 445.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 622204, 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	Pudukkottai
Tehsil	Avudayarkoil
Pincode	622204
Area (hectares)	445.44 hectares
Population	1,246
Male Population	600
Female Population	646
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,077
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Okkur compares

By the 2011 count Okkur is the 25th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 445.44 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

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 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 21 km from Pudukkottai, and the nearest railway station is Keeranur, about 4.8 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 Okkur
Nearest railway station	Keeranur	4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Avudayarkoil	21 km
District headquarters	Pudukkottai	21 km

Villages closest to Okkur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Avudayarkoil 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 1,246. That makes it the 25th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Okkur village has 600 males and 646 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Okkur has about 1077 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Okkur is 622204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Okkur covers 445.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Okkur falls under Avudayarkoil tehsil of Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Okkur is Keeranur, about 4.8 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 village for Okkur.

Okkur is about 21 km from Pudukkottai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Okkur is in Avudayarkoil tehsil of Pudukkottai district. Keeranur is about 4.8 km away. Avudayarkoil is about 21 km away. Pudukkottai is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.