About Orikottai Village

Orikottai is a mid sized village in Tiruvadanai tehsil, in the district of Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,346, made up of 672 males and 674 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 618.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 623402, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Orikottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Orikottai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Ramanathapuram
Tehsil	Tiruvadanai
Pincode	623402
Area (hectares)	618.03 hectares
Population	1,346
Male Population	672
Female Population	674
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,003
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 Orikottai compares

By the 2011 count Orikottai is the 55th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,899 residents. Its 618.03 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Orikottai

Orikottai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Orikottai 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Orikottai from other places

Orikottai lies about 50 km from Ramanathapuram, and the nearest railway station is Devakottai Road, about 30 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 Orikottai
Tehsil headquarters	Tiruvadanai	3.6 km
Nearest town	Devakottai	18 km
Nearest railway station	Devakottai Road	30 km
District headquarters	Ramanathapuram	50 km

Villages closest to Orikottai

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 Orikottai

As per the Census of India 2011, Orikottai village had a population of 1,346. That makes it the 55th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,899 residents.

Orikottai village has 672 males and 674 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Orikottai has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Orikottai is 623402. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Orikottai covers 618.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Orikottai is Devakottai Road, about 30 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Orikottai.

Orikottai is about 50 km from Ramanathapuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Orikottai is in Tiruvadanai tehsil of Ramanathapuram district. Tiruvadanai is about 3.6 km away. Devakottai is about 18 km away. Devakottai Road is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.