About Medayakottai Village

Medayakottai is a small village in Orathanadu tehsil, in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 327, made up of 153 males and 174 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,137 females per 1000 males. The village covers 63.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614626, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Medayakottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Medayakottai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thanjavur
Tehsil	Orathanadu
Pincode	614626
Area (hectares)	63.74 hectares
Population	327
Male Population	153
Female Population	174
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,137
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Medayakottai compares

By the 2011 count Medayakottai is the 109th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents. Its 63.74 hectares work out to about 5.1 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 Medayakottai

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

Medayakottai lies about 34 km from Thanjavur. 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 Medayakottai
Nearest town	Pattukkottai	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Orathanadu	13 km
District headquarters	Thanjavur	34 km

Villages closest to Medayakottai

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 Medayakottai

As per the Census of India 2011, Medayakottai village had a population of 327. That makes it the 109th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents.

Medayakottai village has 153 males and 174 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Medayakottai has about 1137 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1067.

The pincode recorded for Medayakottai is 614626. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Medayakottai covers 63.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Medayakottai notes the nearest railway station 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 Medayakottai.

Medayakottai is about 34 km from Thanjavur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Medayakottai is in Orathanadu tehsil of Thanjavur district. Pattukkottai is about 10 km away. Orathanadu is about 13 km away. Thanjavur is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.