About Periakottakudi Village

Periakottakudi is a mid sized village in Karaikkudi tehsil, in the district of Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,160, made up of 602 males and 558 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1088.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 630308, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Periakottakudi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Periakottakudi village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Sivaganga
Tehsil	Karaikkudi
Pincode	630308
Area (hectares)	1088.57 hectares
Population	1,160
Male Population	602
Female Population	558
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Periakottakudi compares

By the 2011 count Periakottakudi is the 40th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,946 residents. Its 1088.57 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 1031.

Getting to Periakottakudi

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

Periakottakudi lies about 47 km from Sivaganga, and the nearest railway station is Kandanur Puduvayal, about 11 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 Periakottakudi
Nearest town	Devakottai	9.8 km
Nearest railway station	Kandanur Puduvayal	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karaikkudi	14 km
District headquarters	Sivaganga	47 km

Villages closest to Periakottakudi

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 Periakottakudi

As per the Census of India 2011, Periakottakudi village had a population of 1,160. That makes it the 40th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,946 residents.

Periakottakudi village has 602 males and 558 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Periakottakudi has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Periakottakudi is 630308. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Periakottakudi covers 1088.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Periakottakudi is Kandanur Puduvayal, about 11 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 Periakottakudi.

Periakottakudi 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.

Periakottakudi is in Karaikkudi tehsil of Sivaganga district. Devakottai is about 9.8 km away. Kandanur Puduvayal is about 11 km away. Karaikkudi is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.