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About Therkukottai Village

Therkukottai is a mid sized village in Orathanadu tehsil, in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,012, made up of 490 males and 522 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,065 females per 1000 males. The village covers 329.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614626, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Therkukottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Therkukottai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thanjavur
Tehsil Orathanadu
Pincode 614626
Area (hectares) 329.5 hectares
Population 1,012
Male Population 490
Female Population 522
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,065
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Therkukottai compares

By the 2011 count Therkukottai is the 96th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents. Its 329.5 hectares work out to about 3.1 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 Therkukottai

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

Therkukottai lies about 31 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 Therkukottai
Tehsil headquarters Orathanadu 11 km
Nearest town Pattukkottai 14 km
District headquarters Thanjavur 31 km

Villages closest to Therkukottai

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 Therkukottai

As per the Census of India 2011, Therkukottai village had a population of 1,012. That makes it the 96th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,032 residents.

Therkukottai village has 490 males and 522 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Therkukottai has about 1065 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1067.

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

Therkukottai covers 329.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Therkukottai 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 Therkukottai.

Therkukottai is about 31 km from Thanjavur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Therkukottai is in Orathanadu tehsil of Thanjavur district. Orathanadu is about 11 km away. Pattukkottai is about 14 km away. Thanjavur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Yoganayagipuram (under 2 km), Vedanayagipuram (under 2 km) and Vadakkukottai (under 2 km).

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

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