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About Keelakottai Village

Keelakottai is a mid sized village in Paramakudi tehsil, in the district of Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,390, made up of 693 males and 697 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1143.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 623527, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keelakottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keelakottai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Ramanathapuram
Tehsil Paramakudi
Pincode 623527
Area (hectares) 1143.69 hectares
Population 1,390
Male Population 693
Female Population 697
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Keelakottai compares

By the 2011 count Keelakottai is the 49th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,735 residents. Its 1143.69 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Keelakottai

Keelakottai is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Keelakottai as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Keelakottai from other places

Keelakottai lies about 4.2 km from Paramakudi, and the nearest railway station is Ramanathapuram, about 3.9 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 Keelakottai
Nearest railway station Ramanathapuram 3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Paramakudi 4.2 km

Villages closest to Keelakottai

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 Keelakottai

As per the Census of India 2011, Keelakottai village had a population of 1,390. That makes it the 49th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,735 residents.

Keelakottai village has 693 males and 697 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keelakottai has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 992.

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

Keelakottai covers 1143.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Keelakottai is Ramanathapuram, about 3.9 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Keelakottai.

Keelakottai is about 4.2 km from Paramakudi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keelakottai is in Paramakudi tehsil of Ramanathapuram district. Ramanathapuram is about 3.9 km away. Paramakudi is about 4.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kavanur (8.5 km), Nagaramangalam (13 km) and Koraikulam (13 km).

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

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