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About Olayakunnam Village

Olayakunnam is a mid sized village in Pattukkottai tehsil, in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,500, made up of 718 males and 782 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,089 females per 1000 males. The village covers 851.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614015, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Olayakunnam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Olayakunnam village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thanjavur
Tehsil Pattukkottai
Pincode 614015
Area (hectares) 851.01 hectares
Population 1,500
Male Population 718
Female Population 782
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,089
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Olayakunnam compares

By the 2011 count Olayakunnam is the 75th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,677 residents. Its 851.01 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1090.

Getting to Olayakunnam

Olayakunnam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Olayakunnam as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Olayakunnam from other places

Olayakunnam lies about 44 km from Thanjavur, and the nearest railway station is Mutupet, 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 Olayakunnam
Nearest railway station Mutupet 15 km
Nearest town Muthupet 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Pattukkottai 16 km
District headquarters Thanjavur 44 km

Villages closest to Olayakunnam

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pattukkottai 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 Olayakunnam

As per the Census of India 2011, Olayakunnam village had a population of 1,500. That makes it the 75th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,677 residents.

Olayakunnam village has 718 males and 782 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Olayakunnam has about 1089 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1090.

The pincode recorded for Olayakunnam is 614015. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Olayakunnam covers 851.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Olayakunnam falls under Pattukkottai tehsil of Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Olayakunnam is Mutupet, 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 <5 km distance for Olayakunnam.

Olayakunnam is about 44 km from Thanjavur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Olayakunnam is in Pattukkottai tehsil of Thanjavur district. Mutupet is about 15 km away. Muthupet is about 15 km away. Pattukkottai is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bavajikkottai (1.6 km), Gopalasamudram (2.5 km) and Kaniyakurichi (2.8 km).

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

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