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About Sakkottai Village

Sakkottai is a mid sized village in Karaikkudi tehsil, in the district of Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,208, made up of 590 males and 618 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,047 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1484.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 630108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sakkottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakkottai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Sivaganga
Tehsil Karaikkudi
Pincode 630108
Area (hectares) 1484.91 hectares
Population 1,208
Male Population 590
Female Population 618
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,047
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Sakkottai compares

By the 2011 count Sakkottai is the 39th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,946 residents. Its 1484.91 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Sakkottai

Sakkottai 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 Sakkottai 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sakkottai from other places

Sakkottai lies about 49 km from Sivaganga, and the nearest railway station is Kandanur Puduvayal, about 2.3 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 Sakkottai
Nearest railway station Kandanur Puduvayal 2.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Karaikkudi 10 km
Nearest town Kāraikkudi 10 km
District headquarters Sivaganga 49 km

Villages closest to Sakkottai

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.

Common questions about Sakkottai

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakkottai village had a population of 1,208. That makes it the 39th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,946 residents.

Sakkottai village has 590 males and 618 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakkottai has about 1047 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Sakkottai is 630108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sakkottai covers 1484.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Sakkottai is Kandanur Puduvayal, about 2.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Sakkottai is about 49 km from Sivaganga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakkottai is in Karaikkudi tehsil of Sivaganga district. Kandanur Puduvayal is about 2.3 km away. Karaikkudi is about 10 km away. Kāraikkudi is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Melamanakkudi (1.8 km), Kulappadi (2.0 km) and Kandanur (3.5 km).

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

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