About Periyakottaikadu Village

Periyakottaikadu is a mid sized village in Orathanadu tehsil, in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,428, made up of 679 males and 749 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,103 females per 1000 males. The village covers 563.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614628, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Periyakottaikadu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Periyakottaikadu village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thanjavur
Tehsil	Orathanadu
Pincode	614628
Area (hectares)	563.65 hectares
Population	1,428
Male Population	679
Female Population	749
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,103
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Periyakottaikadu compares

By the 2011 count Periyakottaikadu is the 75th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents. Its 563.65 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 Periyakottaikadu

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

Periyakottaikadu lies about 40 km from Thanjavur, and the nearest railway station is Ottankadu, about 11 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 Periyakottaikadu
Nearest railway station	Ottankadu	11 km
Nearest town	Pattukkottai	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Orathanadu	22 km
District headquarters	Thanjavur	40 km

Villages closest to Periyakottaikadu

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 Periyakottaikadu

As per the Census of India 2011, Periyakottaikadu village had a population of 1,428. That makes it the 75th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents.

Periyakottaikadu village has 679 males and 749 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Periyakottaikadu has about 1103 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1067.

The pincode recorded for Periyakottaikadu is 614628. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Periyakottaikadu covers 563.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Periyakottaikadu is Ottankadu, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 Periyakottaikadu.

Periyakottaikadu is about 40 km from Thanjavur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Periyakottaikadu is in Orathanadu tehsil of Thanjavur district. Ottankadu is about 11 km away. Pattukkottai is about 13 km away. Orathanadu is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.