About Mookkaiyur Village

Mookkaiyur is a large village in Kadaladi tehsil, in the district of Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,660, made up of 1,396 males and 1,264 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 905 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1766.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 623703, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mookkaiyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mookkaiyur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Ramanathapuram
Tehsil	Kadaladi
Pincode	623703
Area (hectares)	1766.32 hectares
Population	2,660
Male Population	1,396
Female Population	1,264
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	905
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mookkaiyur compares

By the 2011 count Mookkaiyur is the 20th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,262 residents. Its 1766.32 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Mookkaiyur

Mookkaiyur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Mookkaiyur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Mookkaiyur from other places

Mookkaiyur lies about 47 km from Ramanathapuram, and the nearest railway station is Sattirakkudi, about 39 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 Mookkaiyur
Tehsil headquarters	Kadaladi	10 km
Nearest town	Kilakarai	36 km
Nearest railway station	Sattirakkudi	39 km
District headquarters	Ramanathapuram	47 km

Villages closest to Mookkaiyur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mookkaiyur village had a population of 2,660. That makes it the 20th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,262 residents.

Mookkaiyur village has 1,396 males and 1,264 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mookkaiyur has about 905 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Mookkaiyur is 623703. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mookkaiyur covers 1766.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Mookkaiyur falls under Kadaladi tehsil of Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Mookkaiyur is Sattirakkudi, about 39 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 5 - 10 km distance for Mookkaiyur.

Mookkaiyur is about 47 km from Ramanathapuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mookkaiyur is in Kadaladi tehsil of Ramanathapuram district. Kadaladi is about 10 km away. Kilakarai is about 36 km away. Sattirakkudi is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.