About Kakkarai Village

Kakkarai is a mid sized village in Orathanadu tehsil, in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,582, made up of 734 males and 848 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,155 females per 1000 males. The village covers 583.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614625, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kakkarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kakkarai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thanjavur
Tehsil	Orathanadu
Pincode	614625
Area (hectares)	583.51 hectares
Population	1,582
Male Population	734
Female Population	848
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,155
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kakkarai compares

By the 2011 count Kakkarai is the 70th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents. Its 583.51 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1067.

Getting to Kakkarai

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

Kakkarai lies about 24 km from Thanjavur, and the nearest railway station is Saliyamangalam, about 18 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 Kakkarai
Tehsil headquarters	Orathanadu	3.4 km
Nearest railway station	Saliyamangalam	18 km
Nearest town	Mannargudi	19 km
District headquarters	Thanjavur	24 km

Villages closest to Kakkarai

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 Kakkarai

As per the Census of India 2011, Kakkarai village had a population of 1,582. That makes it the 70th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents.

Kakkarai village has 734 males and 848 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kakkarai has about 1155 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1067.

The pincode recorded for Kakkarai is 614625. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kakkarai covers 583.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kakkarai is Saliyamangalam, about 18 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 Kakkarai.

Kakkarai is about 24 km from Thanjavur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kakkarai is in Orathanadu tehsil of Thanjavur district. Orathanadu is about 3.4 km away. Saliyamangalam is about 18 km away. Mannargudi is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.