About Othiyathur Village

Othiyathur is a large village in Gangavalli tehsil, in the district of Salem, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,465, made up of 1,771 males and 1,694 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 993.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 636105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Othiyathur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Othiyathur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Salem
Tehsil	Gangavalli
Pincode	636105
Area (hectares)	993.18 hectares
Population	3,465
Male Population	1,771
Female Population	1,694
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Othiyathur compares

By the 2011 count Othiyathur is the 11th largest of the 34 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,754 residents. Its 993.18 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Othiyathur

Othiyathur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Othiyathur 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Othiyathur from other places

Othiyathur lies about 56 km from Salem. 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 Othiyathur
Tehsil headquarters	Gangavalli	5.6 km
Nearest town	Attur	8.5 km
District headquarters	Salem	56 km

Villages closest to Othiyathur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Othiyathur village had a population of 3,465. That makes it the 11th largest of the 34 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,754 residents.

Othiyathur village has 1,771 males and 1,694 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Othiyathur has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Othiyathur is 636105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Othiyathur covers 993.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Othiyathur falls under Gangavalli tehsil of Salem district in Tamil Nadu.

The census record for Othiyathur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Othiyathur.

Othiyathur is about 56 km from Salem in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Othiyathur is in Gangavalli tehsil of Salem district. Gangavalli is about 5.6 km away. Attur is about 8.5 km away. Salem is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.