About Palayakottai Village

Palayakottai is a mid sized village in Andipatti tehsil, in the district of Theni, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,134, made up of 573 males and 561 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 313.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 625512, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palayakottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palayakottai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Theni
Tehsil	Andipatti
Pincode	625512
Area (hectares)	313.33 hectares
Population	1,134
Male Population	573
Female Population	561
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	979
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Palayakottai compares

By the 2011 count Palayakottai is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 8,428 residents. Its 313.33 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Palayakottai

Palayakottai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palayakottai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Palayakottai from other places

Palayakottai lies about 145 km from Theni, and the nearest railway station is Chettinad, about 2.5 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 Palayakottai
Nearest railway station	Chettinad	2.5 km
Nearest town	Kāraikkudi	9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Andipatti	30 km
District headquarters	Theni	145 km

Villages closest to Palayakottai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palayakottai village had a population of 1,134. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 8,428 residents.

Palayakottai village has 573 males and 561 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palayakottai has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 985.

The pincode recorded for Palayakottai is 625512. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palayakottai covers 313.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palayakottai falls under Andipatti tehsil of Theni district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Palayakottai is Chettinad, about 2.5 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 5 - 10 km distance for Palayakottai.

Palayakottai is about 145 km from Theni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palayakottai is in Andipatti tehsil of Theni district. Chettinad is about 2.5 km away. Kāraikkudi is about 9.4 km away. Andipatti is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.