About Periyakkottai Village

Periyakkottai is a large village in Pattukkottai tehsil, in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,757, made up of 1,270 males and 1,487 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,171 females per 1000 males. The village covers 719.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614903, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Periyakkottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Periyakkottai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thanjavur
Tehsil	Pattukkottai
Pincode	614903
Area (hectares)	719.12 hectares
Population	2,757
Male Population	1,270
Female Population	1,487
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,171
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Periyakkottai compares

By the 2011 count Periyakkottai is the 33rd largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,677 residents. Its 719.12 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1090.

Getting to Periyakkottai

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

Periyakkottai lies about 47 km from Thanjavur, and the nearest railway station is Mutupet, 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 Periyakkottai
Nearest railway station	Mutupet	11 km
Nearest town	Muthupet	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pattukkottai	14 km
District headquarters	Thanjavur	47 km

Villages closest to Periyakkottai

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.

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Common questions about Periyakkottai

As per the Census of India 2011, Periyakkottai village had a population of 2,757. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,677 residents.

Periyakkottai village has 1,270 males and 1,487 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Periyakkottai has about 1171 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1090.

The pincode recorded for Periyakkottai is 614903. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Periyakkottai covers 719.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Periyakkottai is Mutupet, about 11 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 Periyakkottai.

Periyakkottai is about 47 km from Thanjavur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

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