Skip to main content

About Okkanadukeelayur Village

Okkanadukeelayur is a mid sized village in Orathanadu tehsil, in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,942, made up of 936 males and 1,006 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,075 females per 1000 males. The village covers 498.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614625, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Okkanadukeelayur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Okkanadukeelayur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thanjavur
Tehsil Orathanadu
Pincode 614625
Area (hectares) 498.49 hectares
Population 1,942
Male Population 936
Female Population 1,006
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,075
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Okkanadukeelayur compares

By the 2011 count Okkanadukeelayur is the 55th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents. Its 498.49 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1067.

Getting to Okkanadukeelayur

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

Okkanadukeelayur lies about 27 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 Okkanadukeelayur
Tehsil headquarters Orathanadu 8.4 km
Nearest town Mannargudi 14 km
District headquarters Thanjavur 27 km

Villages closest to Okkanadukeelayur

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.

Common questions about Okkanadukeelayur

As per the Census of India 2011, Okkanadukeelayur village had a population of 1,942. That makes it the 55th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents.

Okkanadukeelayur village has 936 males and 1,006 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Okkanadukeelayur has about 1075 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1067.

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

Okkanadukeelayur covers 498.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

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

Okkanadukeelayur is about 27 km from Thanjavur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Okkanadukeelayur is in Orathanadu tehsil of Thanjavur district. Orathanadu is about 8.4 km away. Mannargudi is about 14 km away. Thanjavur is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kavarapattu (2.0 km), Okkanadumelayur (2.2 km) and Samayamkudikadu (2.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Okkanadukeelayur today is likely to be higher.

Our Blogs Blogs

Explore the beauty of india and villages of india with our blog.