About Karakottai Village

Karakottai is a large village in Mannargudi tehsil, in the district of Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,117, made up of 1,052 males and 1,065 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 431.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614013, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karakottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karakottai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvarur
Tehsil	Mannargudi
Pincode	614013
Area (hectares)	431.4 hectares
Population	2,117
Male Population	1,052
Female Population	1,065
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,012
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karakottai compares

By the 2011 count Karakottai is the 44th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,046 residents. Its 431.4 hectares work out to about 4.9 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 1024.

Getting to Karakottai

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

How far is Karakottai from other places

Karakottai lies about 28 km from Thiruvarur. 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 Karakottai
Tehsil headquarters	Mannargudi	5.2 km
District headquarters	Thiruvarur	28 km

Villages closest to Karakottai

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.

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Common questions about Karakottai

As per the Census of India 2011, Karakottai village had a population of 2,117. That makes it the 44th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,046 residents.

Karakottai village has 1,052 males and 1,065 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karakottai has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Karakottai is 614013. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karakottai covers 431.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karakottai falls under Mannargudi tehsil of Thiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu.

The census record for Karakottai notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Karakottai is about 28 km from Thiruvarur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karakottai is in Mannargudi tehsil of Thiruvarur district. Mannargudi is about 5.2 km away. Thiruvarur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.