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About Ariyankottai Village

Ariyankottai is a mid sized village in Paramakudi tehsil, in the district of Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,478, made up of 671 males and 807 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,203 females per 1000 males. The village covers 978.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 623225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ariyankottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ariyankottai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Ramanathapuram
Tehsil Paramakudi
Pincode 623225
Area (hectares) 978.15 hectares
Population 1,478
Male Population 671
Female Population 807
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,203
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ariyankottai compares

By the 2011 count Ariyankottai is the 44th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,735 residents. Its 978.15 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 992.

Getting to Ariyankottai

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

Ariyankottai lies about 23 km from Ramanathapuram, and the nearest railway station is Sattirakkudi, about 22 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 Ariyankottai
Nearest town Ilaiyankudi 19 km
Nearest railway station Sattirakkudi 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Paramakudi 23 km
District headquarters Ramanathapuram 23 km

Villages closest to Ariyankottai

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

Common questions about Ariyankottai

As per the Census of India 2011, Ariyankottai village had a population of 1,478. That makes it the 44th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,735 residents.

Ariyankottai village has 671 males and 807 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ariyankottai has about 1203 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Ariyankottai is 623225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ariyankottai covers 978.15 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.

Ariyankottai falls under Paramakudi tehsil of Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Ariyankottai is Sattirakkudi, about 22 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 Ariyankottai.

Ariyankottai is about 23 km from Ramanathapuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ariyankottai is in Paramakudi tehsil of Ramanathapuram district. Ilaiyankudi is about 19 km away. Sattirakkudi is about 22 km away. Paramakudi is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Vadavaneri (2.9 km), Nagaram (2.9 km) and Attangudi (3.6 km).

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

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