About Eachankottai Village

Eachankottai is a large village in Orathanadu tehsil, in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,198, made up of 1,114 males and 1,084 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 755.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614902, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Eachankottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Eachankottai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thanjavur
Tehsil	Orathanadu
Pincode	614902
Area (hectares)	755.38 hectares
Population	2,198
Male Population	1,114
Female Population	1,084
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	973
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Eachankottai compares

By the 2011 count Eachankottai is the 42nd largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents. Its 755.38 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1067.

Getting to Eachankottai

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

Eachankottai lies about 15 km from Thanjavur, and the nearest railway station is Thanjavur Junction, about 14 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 Eachankottai
Nearest town	Nānjikkottai	8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Orathanadu	10 km
Nearest railway station	Thanjavur Junction	14 km
District headquarters	Thanjavur	15 km

Villages closest to Eachankottai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Eachankottai village had a population of 2,198. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents.

Eachankottai village has 1,114 males and 1,084 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Eachankottai has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1067.

The pincode recorded for Eachankottai is 614902. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Eachankottai covers 755.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Eachankottai falls under Orathanadu tehsil of Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Eachankottai is Thanjavur Junction, about 14 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 Eachankottai.

Eachankottai is about 15 km from Thanjavur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Eachankottai is in Orathanadu tehsil of Thanjavur district. Nānjikkottai is about 8.6 km away. Orathanadu is about 10 km away. Thanjavur Junction is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.