About Kakkarakottai Village

Kakkarakottai is a large village in Orathanadu tehsil, in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,007, made up of 982 males and 1,025 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,044 females per 1000 males. The village covers 354.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614902, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kakkarakottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kakkarakottai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thanjavur
Tehsil	Orathanadu
Pincode	614902
Area (hectares)	354.65 hectares
Population	2,007
Male Population	982
Female Population	1,025
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,044
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kakkarakottai compares

By the 2011 count Kakkarakottai is the 49th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents. Its 354.65 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1067.

Getting to Kakkarakottai

Kakkarakottai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kakkarakottai 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kakkarakottai from other places

Kakkarakottai lies about 22 km from Thanjavur, and the nearest railway station is Kudikadu, about 20 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 Kakkarakottai
Tehsil headquarters	Orathanadu	4.8 km
Nearest town	Nānjikkottai	17 km
Nearest railway station	Kudikadu	20 km
District headquarters	Thanjavur	22 km

Villages closest to Kakkarakottai

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 Kakkarakottai

As per the Census of India 2011, Kakkarakottai village had a population of 2,007. That makes it the 49th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents.

Kakkarakottai village has 982 males and 1,025 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kakkarakottai has about 1044 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1067.

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

Kakkarakottai covers 354.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kakkarakottai is Kudikadu, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Kakkarakottai is about 22 km from Thanjavur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kakkarakottai is in Orathanadu tehsil of Thanjavur district. Orathanadu is about 4.8 km away. Nānjikkottai is about 17 km away. Kudikadu is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.