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About Okkakudi Village

Okkakudi is a mid sized village in Thiruvaiyaru tehsil, in the district of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,730, made up of 856 males and 874 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 431.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 613204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Okkakudi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Okkakudi village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thanjavur
Tehsil Thiruvaiyaru
Pincode 613204
Area (hectares) 431.03 hectares
Population 1,730
Male Population 856
Female Population 874
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,021
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Okkakudi compares

By the 2011 count Okkakudi is the 42nd largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,968 residents. Its 431.03 hectares work out to about 4.0 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 1016.

Getting to Okkakudi

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

Okkakudi lies about 15 km from Thanjavur, and the nearest railway station is Pasupatikovil, about 7.9 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 Okkakudi
Tehsil headquarters Thiruvaiyaru 5.2 km
Nearest railway station Pasupatikovil 7.9 km
District headquarters Thanjavur 15 km

Villages closest to Okkakudi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Okkakudi village had a population of 1,730. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,968 residents.

Okkakudi village has 856 males and 874 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Okkakudi has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Okkakudi is 613204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Okkakudi covers 431.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Okkakudi falls under Thiruvaiyaru tehsil of Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Okkakudi is Pasupatikovil, about 7.9 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 Okkakudi.

Okkakudi is about 15 km from Thanjavur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Okkakudi is in Thiruvaiyaru tehsil of Thanjavur district. Thiruvaiyaru is about 5.2 km away. Pasupatikovil is about 7.9 km away. Thanjavur is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Semmangudi (under 2 km), Peramur (2.3 km) and Thennancheri (2.3 km).

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

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