About Kannankottai Village

Kannankottai is a large village in Gummidipoondi tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,008, made up of 987 males and 1,021 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1131.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 601202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kannankottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kannankottai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvallur
Tehsil	Gummidipoondi
Pincode	601202
Area (hectares)	1131.51 hectares
Population	2,008
Male Population	987
Female Population	1,021
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,034
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 28 km distance

How Kannankottai compares

By the 2011 count Kannankottai is the 27th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,097 residents. Its 1131.51 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, a little above the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Kannankottai

Kannankottai is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kannankottai 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 28 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kannankottai from other places

Kannankottai lies about 29 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Gummidipundi, about 16 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 Kannankottai
Nearest railway station	Gummidipundi	16 km
Nearest town	Nagalapuram	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gummidipoondi	29 km
District headquarters	Thiruvallur	29 km

Villages closest to Kannankottai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kannankottai village had a population of 2,008. That makes it the 27th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,097 residents.

Kannankottai village has 987 males and 1,021 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kannankottai has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Kannankottai is 601202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kannankottai covers 1131.51 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.

Kannankottai falls under Gummidipoondi tehsil of Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Kannankottai is Gummidipundi, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 28 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Kannankottai.

Kannankottai is about 29 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kannankottai is in Gummidipoondi tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Gummidipundi is about 16 km away. Nagalapuram is about 20 km away. Gummidipoondi is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.