About Palayagandarvakottai Village

Palayagandarvakottai is a mid sized village in Gandarvakkottai tehsil, in the district of Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,276, made up of 631 males and 645 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 693.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 613301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palayagandarvakottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palayagandarvakottai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Pudukkottai
Tehsil	Gandarvakkottai
Pincode	613301
Area (hectares)	693.59 hectares
Population	1,276
Male Population	631
Female Population	645
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,022
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palayagandarvakottai compares

By the 2011 count Palayagandarvakottai is the 30th largest of the 37 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,432 residents. Its 693.59 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Palayagandarvakottai

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

Palayagandarvakottai lies about 33 km from Pudukkottai, and the nearest railway station is Alakkudi, about 20 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 Palayagandarvakottai
Nearest town	Nānjikkottai	20 km
Nearest railway station	Alakkudi	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gandarvakkottai	33 km
District headquarters	Pudukkottai	33 km

Villages closest to Palayagandarvakottai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palayagandarvakottai village had a population of 1,276. That makes it the 30th largest of the 37 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,432 residents.

Palayagandarvakottai village has 631 males and 645 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palayagandarvakottai has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Palayagandarvakottai is 613301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palayagandarvakottai covers 693.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Palayagandarvakottai falls under Gandarvakkottai tehsil of Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Palayagandarvakottai is Alakkudi, about 20 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 Palayagandarvakottai.

Palayagandarvakottai is about 33 km from Pudukkottai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palayagandarvakottai is in Gandarvakkottai tehsil of Pudukkottai district. Nānjikkottai is about 20 km away. Alakkudi is about 20 km away. Gandarvakkottai is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Meyakadipatti (1.9 km), Pisannathur (2.2 km) and Aravampatti (3.2 km).

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