About Akkalur Village

Akkalur is a mid sized village in Tiruvadanai tehsil, in the district of Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,598, made up of 810 males and 788 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 888.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 623315, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akkalur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akkalur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Ramanathapuram
Tehsil	Tiruvadanai
Pincode	623315
Area (hectares)	888.2 hectares
Population	1,598
Male Population	810
Female Population	788
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	973
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Akkalur compares

By the 2011 count Akkalur is the 48th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,899 residents. Its 888.2 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Akkalur

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

Akkalur lies about 41 km from Ramanathapuram, and the nearest railway station is Kallal, about 33 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 Akkalur
Tehsil headquarters	Tiruvadanai	8.0 km
Nearest town	Devakottai	23 km
Nearest railway station	Kallal	33 km
District headquarters	Ramanathapuram	41 km

Villages closest to Akkalur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Akkalur village had a population of 1,598. That makes it the 48th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,899 residents.

Akkalur village has 810 males and 788 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akkalur has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Akkalur is 623315. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akkalur covers 888.2 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.

Akkalur falls under Tiruvadanai tehsil of Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Akkalur is Kallal, about 33 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 Akkalur.

Akkalur is about 41 km from Ramanathapuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akkalur is in Tiruvadanai tehsil of Ramanathapuram district. Tiruvadanai is about 8.0 km away. Devakottai is about 23 km away. Kallal is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.