About Madakkottai Village

Madakkottai is a mid sized village in Devakottai tehsil, in the district of Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 530, made up of 269 males and 261 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 970 females per 1000 males. The village covers 607.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 630318, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madakkottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madakkottai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Sivaganga
Tehsil	Devakottai
Pincode	630318
Area (hectares)	607.12 hectares
Population	530
Male Population	269
Female Population	261
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	970
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Madakkottai compares

By the 2011 count Madakkottai is the 65th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,175 residents. Its 607.12 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 a little below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Madakkottai

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

Madakkottai lies about 47 km from Sivaganga, and the nearest railway station is Karaikkudi Junction, about 16 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 Madakkottai
Tehsil headquarters	Devakottai	8.3 km
Nearest railway station	Karaikkudi Junction	16 km
District headquarters	Sivaganga	47 km

Villages closest to Madakkottai

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 Madakkottai

As per the Census of India 2011, Madakkottai village had a population of 530. That makes it the 65th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,175 residents.

Madakkottai village has 269 males and 261 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madakkottai has about 970 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Madakkottai is 630318. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madakkottai covers 607.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Madakkottai is Karaikkudi Junction, about 16 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 Madakkottai.

Madakkottai is about 47 km from Sivaganga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madakkottai is in Devakottai tehsil of Sivaganga district. Devakottai is about 8.3 km away. Karaikkudi Junction is about 16 km away. Sivaganga is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.