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About Munnaval Kottai Village

Munnaval Kottai is a large village in Needamangalam tehsil, in the district of Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,336, made up of 1,658 males and 1,678 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 615.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 614403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Munnaval Kottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Munnaval Kottai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thiruvarur
Tehsil Needamangalam
Pincode 614403
Area (hectares) 615.88 hectares
Population 3,336
Male Population 1,658
Female Population 1,678
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,012
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Munnaval Kottai compares

By the 2011 count Munnaval Kottai is the 5th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,832 residents. Its 615.88 hectares work out to about 5.4 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 1003.

Getting to Munnaval Kottai

Munnaval Kottai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Munnaval Kottai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Munnaval Kottai from other places

Munnaval Kottai lies about 29 km from Thiruvarur, and the nearest railway station is Koyilvenni, about 2.3 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 Munnaval Kottai
Nearest railway station Koyilvenni 2.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Needamangalam 5.8 km
Nearest town Mannargudi 13 km
District headquarters Thiruvarur 29 km

Villages closest to Munnaval Kottai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Needamangalam 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 Munnaval Kottai

As per the Census of India 2011, Munnaval Kottai village had a population of 3,336. That makes it the 5th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,832 residents.

Munnaval Kottai village has 1,658 males and 1,678 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Munnaval Kottai has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Munnaval Kottai is 614403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Munnaval Kottai covers 615.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Munnaval Kottai falls under Needamangalam tehsil of Thiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Munnaval Kottai is Koyilvenni, about 2.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Munnaval Kottai.

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

Munnaval Kottai is in Needamangalam tehsil of Thiruvarur district. Koyilvenni is about 2.3 km away. Needamangalam is about 5.8 km away. Mannargudi is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Edayarnatham Padugai (1.7 km), Kalacheri (1.8 km) and Koilvenni (2.7 km).

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

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