About Egaraikottaivayal Village

Egaraikottaivayal is a mid sized village in Devakottai tehsil, in the district of Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,092, made up of 570 males and 522 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 715.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 630311, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Egaraikottaivayal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Egaraikottaivayal village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Sivaganga
Tehsil	Devakottai
Pincode	630311
Area (hectares)	715.23 hectares
Population	1,092
Male Population	570
Female Population	522
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	916
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Egaraikottaivayal compares

By the 2011 count Egaraikottaivayal is the 42nd largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,175 residents. Its 715.23 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Egaraikottaivayal

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

Egaraikottaivayal lies about 32 km from Sivaganga, and the nearest railway station is Kallal, about 12 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 Egaraikottaivayal
Tehsil headquarters	Devakottai	6.7 km
Nearest railway station	Kallal	12 km
District headquarters	Sivaganga	32 km

Villages closest to Egaraikottaivayal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Egaraikottaivayal village had a population of 1,092. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,175 residents.

Egaraikottaivayal village has 570 males and 522 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Egaraikottaivayal has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Egaraikottaivayal is 630311. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Egaraikottaivayal covers 715.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Egaraikottaivayal falls under Devakottai tehsil of Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Egaraikottaivayal is Kallal, about 12 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 5 - 10 km distance for Egaraikottaivayal.

Egaraikottaivayal is about 32 km from Sivaganga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Egaraikottaivayal is in Devakottai tehsil of Sivaganga district. Devakottai is about 6.7 km away. Kallal is about 12 km away. Sivaganga is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karai (1.6 km), Kallangudi (1.7 km) and Eluvankottai (2.3 km).

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