About Markeyankottai Village

Markeyankottai is a large village in Uthamapalayam tehsil, in the district of Theni, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,125, made up of 1,059 males and 1,066 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1322.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 655255, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Markeyankottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Markeyankottai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Theni
Tehsil	Uthamapalayam
Pincode	655255
Area (hectares)	1322.43 hectares
Population	2,125
Male Population	1,059
Female Population	1,066
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,007
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Markeyankottai compares

By the 2011 count Markeyankottai is the 20th largest of the 23 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 6,180 residents. Its 1322.43 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Markeyankottai

Markeyankottai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Markeyankottai 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Markeyankottai from other places

Markeyankottai lies about 22 km from Theni, and the nearest railway station is Bodinayakkanur, about 18 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 Markeyankottai
Nearest town	Chinnamanūr	2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Uthamapalayam	6.3 km
Nearest railway station	Bodinayakkanur	18 km
District headquarters	Theni	22 km

Villages closest to Markeyankottai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Markeyankottai village had a population of 2,125. That makes it the 20th largest of the 23 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 6,180 residents.

Markeyankottai village has 1,059 males and 1,066 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Markeyankottai has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Markeyankottai is 655255. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Markeyankottai covers 1322.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Markeyankottai falls under Uthamapalayam tehsil of Theni district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Markeyankottai is Bodinayakkanur, about 18 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 - 10 km distance for Markeyankottai.

Markeyankottai is about 22 km from Theni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Markeyankottai is in Uthamapalayam tehsil of Theni district. Chinnamanūr is about 2.7 km away. Uthamapalayam is about 6.3 km away. Bodinayakkanur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.