About Karukkakottai Village

Karukkakottai is a mid sized village in Orathanadu tehsil, in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,690, made up of 827 males and 863 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,044 females per 1000 males. The village covers 419.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614904, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karukkakottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karukkakottai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thanjavur
Tehsil	Orathanadu
Pincode	614904
Area (hectares)	419.37 hectares
Population	1,690
Male Population	827
Female Population	863
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 10+ km distance

How Karukkakottai compares

By the 2011 count Karukkakottai is the 63rd largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents. Its 419.37 hectares work out to about 4.0 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 Karukkakottai

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

Karukkakottai lies about 14 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 Karukkakottai
Nearest town	Nānjikkottai	8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Orathanadu	9.0 km
Nearest railway station	Thanjavur Junction	14 km
District headquarters	Thanjavur	14 km

Villages closest to Karukkakottai

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 Karukkakottai

As per the Census of India 2011, Karukkakottai village had a population of 1,690. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents.

Karukkakottai village has 827 males and 863 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karukkakottai 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 Karukkakottai is 614904. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karukkakottai covers 419.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Karukkakottai 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 Karukkakottai.

Karukkakottai is about 14 km from Thanjavur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karukkakottai is in Orathanadu tehsil of Thanjavur district. Nānjikkottai is about 8.5 km away. Orathanadu is about 9.0 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.