About Karakkottai Village

Karakkottai is a large village in Manamelkudi tehsil, in the district of Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,186, made up of 1,024 males and 1,162 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,135 females per 1000 males. The village covers 732.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614630, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karakkottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karakkottai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Pudukkottai
Tehsil	Manamelkudi
Pincode	614630
Area (hectares)	732.79 hectares
Population	2,186
Male Population	1,024
Female Population	1,162
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,135
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karakkottai compares

By the 2011 count Karakkottai is the 8th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,084 residents. Its 732.79 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Karakkottai

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

Karakkottai lies about 52 km from Pudukkottai, and the nearest railway station is Ayingudi, about 17 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 Karakkottai
Tehsil headquarters	Manamelkudi	7.3 km
Nearest railway station	Ayingudi	17 km
Nearest town	Peravurani	21 km
District headquarters	Pudukkottai	52 km

Villages closest to Karakkottai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karakkottai village had a population of 2,186. That makes it the 8th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,084 residents.

Karakkottai village has 1,024 males and 1,162 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karakkottai has about 1135 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Karakkottai is 614630. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karakkottai covers 732.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karakkottai falls under Manamelkudi tehsil of Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Karakkottai is Ayingudi, about 17 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 Karakkottai.

Karakkottai is about 52 km from Pudukkottai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karakkottai is in Manamelkudi tehsil of Pudukkottai district. Manamelkudi is about 7.3 km away. Ayingudi is about 17 km away. Peravurani is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.