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About Paruthikottai Village

Paruthikottai is a large village in Orathanadu tehsil, in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,571, made up of 1,253 males and 1,318 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,052 females per 1000 males. The village covers 723.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614904, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paruthikottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paruthikottai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thanjavur
Tehsil Orathanadu
Pincode 614904
Area (hectares) 723.15 hectares
Population 2,571
Male Population 1,253
Female Population 1,318
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,052
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Paruthikottai compares

By the 2011 count Paruthikottai is the 28th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents. Its 723.15 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 Paruthikottai

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

Paruthikottai lies about 29 km from Thanjavur, and the nearest railway station is Mannargudi, about 7.4 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 Paruthikottai
Nearest railway station Mannargudi 7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Orathanadu 18 km
District headquarters Thanjavur 29 km

Villages closest to Paruthikottai

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 Paruthikottai

As per the Census of India 2011, Paruthikottai village had a population of 2,571. That makes it the 28th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents.

Paruthikottai village has 1,253 males and 1,318 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paruthikottai has about 1052 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 Paruthikottai is 614904. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paruthikottai covers 723.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Paruthikottai is Mannargudi, about 7.4 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 Paruthikottai.

Paruthikottai is about 29 km from Thanjavur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paruthikottai is in Orathanadu tehsil of Thanjavur district. Mannargudi is about 7.4 km away. Orathanadu is about 18 km away. Thanjavur is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Samayamkudikadu (8.7 km), Kavarapattu (8.9 km) and Neivasal South (10.0 km).

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

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