About Okkanadumelayur Village

Okkanadumelayur is a large village in Orathanadu tehsil, in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,762, made up of 1,411 males and 1,351 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 605.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614019, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Okkanadumelayur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Okkanadumelayur village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thanjavur
Tehsil	Orathanadu
Pincode	614019
Area (hectares)	605.46 hectares
Population	2,762
Male Population	1,411
Female Population	1,351
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Okkanadumelayur compares

By the 2011 count Okkanadumelayur is the 23rd largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents. Its 605.46 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1067.

Getting to Okkanadumelayur

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

Okkanadumelayur lies about 25 km from Thanjavur, and the nearest railway station is Ammapet, about 15 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 Okkanadumelayur
Tehsil headquarters	Orathanadu	7.1 km
Nearest town	Mannargudi	15 km
Nearest railway station	Ammapet	15 km
District headquarters	Thanjavur	25 km

Villages closest to Okkanadumelayur

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 Okkanadumelayur

As per the Census of India 2011, Okkanadumelayur village had a population of 2,762. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents.

Okkanadumelayur village has 1,411 males and 1,351 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Okkanadumelayur has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1067.

The pincode recorded for Okkanadumelayur is 614019. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Okkanadumelayur covers 605.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Okkanadumelayur is Ammapet, about 15 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 Okkanadumelayur.

Okkanadumelayur is about 25 km from Thanjavur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Okkanadumelayur is in Orathanadu tehsil of Thanjavur district. Orathanadu is about 7.1 km away. Mannargudi is about 15 km away. Ammapet is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.