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About Keelakottai Village

Keelakottai is a mid sized village in Ottapidaram tehsil, in the district of Thoothukkudi, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,807, made up of 901 males and 906 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 658.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 627352, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keelakottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keelakottai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thoothukkudi
Tehsil Ottapidaram
Pincode 627352
Area (hectares) 658.98 hectares
Population 1,807
Male Population 901
Female Population 906
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Keelakottai compares

By the 2011 count Keelakottai is the 23rd largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,831 residents. Its 658.98 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 1004.

Getting to Keelakottai

Keelakottai 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 Keelakottai 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 Keelakottai from other places

Keelakottai lies about 36 km from Thoothukkudi, and the nearest railway station is Illavalengal, about 4.8 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 Keelakottai
Nearest railway station Illavalengal 4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Ottapidaram 20 km
Nearest town Tirunelveli 26 km
District headquarters Thoothukkudi 36 km

Villages closest to Keelakottai

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.

Common questions about Keelakottai

As per the Census of India 2011, Keelakottai village had a population of 1,807. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,831 residents.

Keelakottai village has 901 males and 906 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keelakottai has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Keelakottai is 627352. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keelakottai covers 658.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Keelakottai is Illavalengal, about 4.8 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 Keelakottai.

Keelakottai is about 36 km from Thoothukkudi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keelakottai is in Ottapidaram tehsil of Thoothukkudi district. Illavalengal is about 4.8 km away. Ottapidaram is about 20 km away. Tirunelveli is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kottali (under 2 km), Sindalakottai (under 2 km) and Thennampatti (1.5 km).

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

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