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About Kottur Village

Kottur is a mid sized village in Nannilam tehsil, in the district of Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,298, made up of 678 males and 620 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 246.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 609608, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kottur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kottur village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thiruvarur
Tehsil Nannilam
Pincode 609608
Area (hectares) 246.91 hectares
Population 1,298
Male Population 678
Female Population 620
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 914
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kottur compares

By the 2011 count Kottur is the 44th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,703 residents. Its 246.91 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Kottur

Kottur 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 Kottur 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kottur from other places

Kottur lies about 34 km from Thiruvarur, and the nearest railway station is Narasinganpet, about 1.8 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 Kottur
Nearest railway station Narasinganpet 1.8 km
Nearest town Kumbakonam 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Nannilam 22 km
District headquarters Thiruvarur 34 km

Villages closest to Kottur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kottur village had a population of 1,298. That makes it the 44th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,703 residents.

Kottur village has 678 males and 620 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kottur has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Kottur is 609608. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kottur covers 246.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kottur falls under Nannilam tehsil of Thiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Kottur is Narasinganpet, about 1.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Kottur is about 34 km from Thiruvarur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kottur is in Nannilam tehsil of Thiruvarur district. Narasinganpet is about 1.8 km away. Kumbakonam is about 14 km away. Nannilam is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Senganur (7.0 km), Velangudi (10 km) and Pozhakudi (12 km).

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

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