About Araikkulam Village

Araikkulam is a mid sized village in Ottapidaram tehsil, in the district of Thoothukkudi, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 713, made up of 366 males and 347 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 790.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 628401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Araikkulam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Araikkulam village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thoothukkudi
Tehsil	Ottapidaram
Pincode	628401
Area (hectares)	790.31 hectares
Population	713
Male Population	366
Female Population	347
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	948
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Araikkulam compares

By the 2011 count Araikkulam is the 54th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,831 residents. Its 790.31 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Araikkulam

Araikkulam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Araikkulam 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 Araikkulam from other places

Araikkulam lies about 24 km from Thoothukkudi, and the nearest railway station is Pandiyapuram, about 7.3 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 Araikkulam
Tehsil headquarters	Ottapidaram	5.2 km
Nearest railway station	Pandiyapuram	7.3 km
Nearest town	Milavittan	17 km
District headquarters	Thoothukkudi	24 km

Villages closest to Araikkulam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Araikkulam village had a population of 713. That makes it the 54th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,831 residents.

Araikkulam village has 366 males and 347 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Araikkulam has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Araikkulam is 628401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Araikkulam covers 790.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Araikkulam falls under Ottapidaram tehsil of Thoothukkudi district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Araikkulam is Pandiyapuram, about 7.3 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Araikkulam.

Araikkulam is about 24 km from Thoothukkudi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Araikkulam is in Ottapidaram tehsil of Thoothukkudi district. Ottapidaram is about 5.2 km away. Pandiyapuram is about 7.3 km away. Milavittan is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.