About Kottaiyur Village

Kottaiyur is a mid sized village in Ilayangudi tehsil, in the district of Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,834, made up of 909 males and 925 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 789.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 630702, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kottaiyur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kottaiyur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Sivaganga
Tehsil	Ilayangudi
Pincode	630702
Area (hectares)	789.29 hectares
Population	1,834
Male Population	909
Female Population	925
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,018
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kottaiyur compares

By the 2011 count Kottaiyur is the 17th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,657 residents. Its 789.29 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1049.

Getting to Kottaiyur

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

Kottaiyur lies about 36 km from Sivaganga, and the nearest railway station is Paramakkudi, about 9.1 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 Kottaiyur
Tehsil headquarters	Ilayangudi	6.5 km
Nearest town	Ilaiyankudi	6.5 km
Nearest railway station	Paramakkudi	9.1 km
District headquarters	Sivaganga	36 km

Villages closest to Kottaiyur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kottaiyur village had a population of 1,834. That makes it the 17th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,657 residents.

Kottaiyur village has 909 males and 925 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kottaiyur has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1049.

The pincode recorded for Kottaiyur is 630702. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kottaiyur covers 789.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kottaiyur falls under Ilayangudi tehsil of Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Kottaiyur is Paramakkudi, about 9.1 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 Kottaiyur.

Kottaiyur is about 36 km from Sivaganga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kottaiyur is in Ilayangudi tehsil of Sivaganga district. Ilayangudi is about 6.5 km away. Ilaiyankudi is about 6.5 km away. Paramakkudi is about 9.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.