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About Kumukkottai Village

Kumukkottai is a large village in Paramakudi tehsil, in the district of Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,082, made up of 999 males and 1,083 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,084 females per 1000 males. The village covers 838.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 623527, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kumukkottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kumukkottai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Ramanathapuram
Tehsil Paramakudi
Pincode 623527
Area (hectares) 838.01 hectares
Population 2,082
Male Population 999
Female Population 1,083
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,084
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kumukkottai compares

By the 2011 count Kumukkottai is the 26th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,735 residents. Its 838.01 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Kumukkottai

Kumukkottai is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kumukkottai as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Kumukkottai from other places

Kumukkottai lies about 20 km from Ramanathapuram, and the nearest railway station is Sattirakkudi, about 7.5 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 Kumukkottai
Nearest railway station Sattirakkudi 7.5 km
Nearest town Paramagudi 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Paramakudi 20 km
District headquarters Ramanathapuram 20 km

Villages closest to Kumukkottai

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 Kumukkottai

As per the Census of India 2011, Kumukkottai village had a population of 2,082. That makes it the 26th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,735 residents.

Kumukkottai village has 999 males and 1,083 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kumukkottai has about 1084 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Kumukkottai is 623527. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kumukkottai covers 838.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kumukkottai is Sattirakkudi, about 7.5 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kumukkottai.

Kumukkottai is about 20 km from Ramanathapuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kumukkottai is in Paramakudi tehsil of Ramanathapuram district. Sattirakkudi is about 7.5 km away. Paramagudi is about 13 km away. Paramakudi is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kamankottai (2.4 km), Manjur (3.4 km) and Sirakikottai (4.0 km).

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

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