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About Peikarambankottai Village

Peikarambankottai is a mid sized village in Orathanadu tehsil, in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,600, made up of 768 males and 832 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,083 females per 1000 males. The village covers 464.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614626, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Peikarambankottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Peikarambankottai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thanjavur
Tehsil Orathanadu
Pincode 614626
Area (hectares) 464.56 hectares
Population 1,600
Male Population 768
Female Population 832
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,083
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Peikarambankottai compares

By the 2011 count Peikarambankottai is the 69th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents. Its 464.56 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1067.

Getting to Peikarambankottai

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

Peikarambankottai lies about 28 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 Peikarambankottai
Tehsil headquarters Orathanadu 5.9 km
Nearest town Pattukkottai 18 km
District headquarters Thanjavur 28 km

Villages closest to Peikarambankottai

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 Peikarambankottai

As per the Census of India 2011, Peikarambankottai village had a population of 1,600. That makes it the 69th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents.

Peikarambankottai village has 768 males and 832 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Peikarambankottai has about 1083 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1067.

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

Peikarambankottai covers 464.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Peikarambankottai 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 Peikarambankottai.

Peikarambankottai is about 28 km from Thanjavur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Peikarambankottai is in Orathanadu tehsil of Thanjavur district. Orathanadu is about 5.9 km away. Pattukkottai is about 18 km away. Thanjavur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pudunagar (1.6 km), Vellur (2.0 km) and Pulavankadu (2.0 km).

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

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