About Kottur Village

Kottur is a large village in Thirumayam tehsil, in the district of Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,269, made up of 2,134 males and 2,135 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 904.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 622404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kottur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kottur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Pudukkottai
Tehsil	Thirumayam
Pincode	622404
Area (hectares)	904.22 hectares
Population	4,269
Male Population	2,134
Female Population	2,135
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kottur compares

By the 2011 count Kottur is the 12th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,859 residents. Its 904.22 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Kottur

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

Kottur lies about 11 km from Pudukkottai, and the nearest railway station is Namanasamudram, about 4.5 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 Kottur
Nearest railway station	Namanasamudram	4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thirumayam	11 km
District headquarters	Pudukkottai	11 km

Villages closest to Kottur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kottur village had a population of 4,269. That makes it the 12th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,859 residents.

Kottur village has 2,134 males and 2,135 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kottur has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Kottur is 622404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kottur covers 904.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kottur falls under Thirumayam tehsil of Pudukkottai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Kottur is Namanasamudram, about 4.5 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 Kottur.

Kottur is about 11 km from Pudukkottai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kottur is in Thirumayam tehsil of Pudukkottai district. Namanasamudram is about 4.5 km away. Thirumayam is about 11 km away. Pudukkottai is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.