About Kottaiyur Village

Kottaiyur is a small village in Karaikkudi tehsil, in the district of Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 68, made up of 31 males and 37 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,194 females per 1000 males. The village covers 705.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 630106, 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	Karaikkudi
Pincode	630106
Area (hectares)	705.01 hectares
Population	68
Male Population	31
Female Population	37
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,194
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Kottaiyur compares

By the 2011 count Kottaiyur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,946 residents. Its 705.01 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Kottaiyur

Kottaiyur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kottaiyur from other places

Kottaiyur lies about 45 km from Sivaganga, and the nearest railway station is Kottaiyur, about under 2 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
Nearest railway station	Kottaiyur	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karaikkudi	5.7 km
Nearest town	Kāraikkudi	5.7 km
District headquarters	Sivaganga	45 km

Villages closest to Kottaiyur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Karaikkudi 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 68. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,946 residents.

Kottaiyur village has 31 males and 37 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kottaiyur has about 1194 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Kottaiyur is 630106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kottaiyur covers 705.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Kottaiyur is Kottaiyur, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Kottaiyur is about 45 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 Karaikkudi tehsil of Sivaganga district. Kottaiyur is about under 2 km away. Karaikkudi is about 5.7 km away. Kāraikkudi is about 5.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.