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About Kirungakkottai Village

Kirungakkottai is a mid sized village in Manamadurai tehsil, in the district of Sivaganga, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,056, made up of 508 males and 548 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,079 females per 1000 males. The village covers 642.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 630502, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kirungakkottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kirungakkottai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Sivaganga
Tehsil Manamadurai
Pincode 630502
Area (hectares) 642.82 hectares
Population 1,056
Male Population 508
Female Population 548
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,079
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kirungakkottai compares

By the 2011 count Kirungakkottai is the 58th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,857 residents. Its 642.82 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 990.

Getting to Kirungakkottai

Kirungakkottai 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 Kirungakkottai 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 Kirungakkottai from other places

Kirungakkottai lies about 16 km from Sivaganga, and the nearest railway station is Rajagambiram, about 1.7 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 Kirungakkottai
Nearest railway station Rajagambiram 1.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Manamadurai 9.4 km
District headquarters Sivaganga 16 km

Villages closest to Kirungakkottai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kirungakkottai village had a population of 1,056. That makes it the 58th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,857 residents.

Kirungakkottai village has 508 males and 548 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kirungakkottai has about 1079 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Kirungakkottai is 630502. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kirungakkottai covers 642.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kirungakkottai falls under Manamadurai tehsil of Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Kirungakkottai is Rajagambiram, about 1.7 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 Kirungakkottai.

Kirungakkottai is about 16 km from Sivaganga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kirungakkottai is in Manamadurai tehsil of Sivaganga district. Rajagambiram is about 1.7 km away. Manamadurai is about 9.4 km away. Sivaganga is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rajagambiram (1.6 km), Perumbacheri (1.7 km) and Sirugudi (2.1 km).

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

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