About Merkkukottagudi Village

Merkkukottagudi is a small village in Mudukulathur tehsil, in the district of Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 365, made up of 177 males and 188 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 199.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 623704, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Merkkukottagudi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Merkkukottagudi village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Ramanathapuram
Tehsil	Mudukulathur
Pincode	623704
Area (hectares)	199.65 hectares
Population	365
Male Population	177
Female Population	188
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,062
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Merkkukottagudi compares

By the 2011 count Merkkukottagudi is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,349 residents. Its 199.65 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, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Merkkukottagudi

Merkkukottagudi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Merkkukottagudi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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. The nearest villages by name are Melachirupodhu, Melakodumalur, Melakulam and Melamudukulathur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Merkkukottagudi

As per the Census of India 2011, Merkkukottagudi village had a population of 365. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,349 residents.

Merkkukottagudi village has 177 males and 188 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Merkkukottagudi has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Merkkukottagudi is 623704. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Merkkukottagudi covers 199.65 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.

Merkkukottagudi falls under Mudukulathur tehsil of Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The census record for Merkkukottagudi notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Merkkukottagudi.

Merkkukottagudi is in Mudukulathur tehsil of Ramanathapuram district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.