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About Akkarai Kottagam Village

Akkarai Kottagam is a large village in Mannargudi tehsil, in the district of Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,029, made up of 995 males and 1,034 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 657.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614710, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Akkarai Kottagam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Akkarai Kottagam village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thiruvarur
Tehsil Mannargudi
Pincode 614710
Area (hectares) 657.82 hectares
Population 2,029
Male Population 995
Female Population 1,034
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,039
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Akkarai Kottagam compares

By the 2011 count Akkarai Kottagam is the 50th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,046 residents. Its 657.82 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Akkarai Kottagam

Akkarai Kottagam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Akkarai Kottagam as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Akkarai Kottagam from other places

Akkarai Kottagam lies about 26 km from Thiruvarur, and the nearest railway station is Thiruthuraipundi Junction, about 10 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 Akkarai Kottagam
Nearest railway station Thiruthuraipundi Junction 10 km
Nearest town Thiruthuraipoondi 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Mannargudi 16 km
District headquarters Thiruvarur 26 km

Villages closest to Akkarai Kottagam

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mannargudi 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 Akkarai Kottagam

As per the Census of India 2011, Akkarai Kottagam village had a population of 2,029. That makes it the 50th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,046 residents.

Akkarai Kottagam village has 995 males and 1,034 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Akkarai Kottagam has about 1039 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Akkarai Kottagam is 614710. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Akkarai Kottagam covers 657.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Akkarai Kottagam falls under Mannargudi tehsil of Thiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Akkarai Kottagam is Thiruthuraipundi Junction, about 10 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Akkarai Kottagam.

Akkarai Kottagam is about 26 km from Thiruvarur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Akkarai Kottagam is in Mannargudi tehsil of Thiruvarur district. Thiruthuraipundi Junction is about 10 km away. Thiruthuraipoondi is about 10 km away. Mannargudi is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Narayanapuram Kalappal (1.7 km), Naruvallikkalappal (1.7 km) and Venkathangudi (1.7 km).

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

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