About Oddappai Village

Oddappai is a mid sized village in Uthukkottai tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,438, made up of 711 males and 727 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 465.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 602023, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Oddappai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Oddappai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvallur
Tehsil	Uthukkottai
Pincode	602023
Area (hectares)	465.75 hectares
Population	1,438
Male Population	711
Female Population	727
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,023
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 14 km distance

How Oddappai compares

By the 2011 count Oddappai is the 35th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents. Its 465.75 hectares work out to about 3.1 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 1028.

Getting to Oddappai

Oddappai 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 Oddappai 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 14 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Oddappai from other places

Oddappai lies about 9.7 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Putlur, about 13 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 Oddappai
District headquarters	Thiruvallur	9.7 km
Nearest town	Tiruvallur	9.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Uthukkottai	12 km
Nearest railway station	Putlur	13 km

Villages closest to Oddappai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Oddappai village had a population of 1,438. That makes it the 35th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,524 residents.

Oddappai village has 711 males and 727 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Oddappai has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1028.

The pincode recorded for Oddappai is 602023. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Oddappai covers 465.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Oddappai falls under Uthukkottai tehsil of Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Oddappai is Putlur, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 14 km distance.

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

Oddappai is about 9.7 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Oddappai is in Uthukkottai tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Thiruvallur is about 9.7 km away. Tiruvallur is about 9.7 km away. Uthukkottai is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.