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About Kollankinaru Village

Kollankinaru is a mid sized village in Ottapidaram tehsil, in the district of Thoothukkudi, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,257, made up of 627 males and 630 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 921.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 628302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kollankinaru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kollankinaru village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thoothukkudi
Tehsil Ottapidaram
Pincode 628302
Area (hectares) 921.34 hectares
Population 1,257
Male Population 627
Female Population 630
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,005
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kollankinaru compares

By the 2011 count Kollankinaru is the 39th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,831 residents. Its 921.34 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Kollankinaru

Kollankinaru 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 Kollankinaru as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Kollankinaru from other places

Kollankinaru lies about 32 km from Thoothukkudi, and the nearest railway station is Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction, 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 Kollankinaru
Nearest railway station Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction 2.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Ottapidaram 17 km
Nearest town Milavittan 25 km
District headquarters Thoothukkudi 32 km

Villages closest to Kollankinaru

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 Kollankinaru

As per the Census of India 2011, Kollankinaru village had a population of 1,257. That makes it the 39th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,831 residents.

Kollankinaru village has 627 males and 630 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kollankinaru has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Kollankinaru is 628302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kollankinaru covers 921.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Kollankinaru is Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction, about 2.3 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Kollankinaru.

Kollankinaru is about 32 km from Thoothukkudi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kollankinaru is in Ottapidaram tehsil of Thoothukkudi district. Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction is about 2.3 km away. Ottapidaram is about 17 km away. Milavittan is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Marudanvalvoonaraikinar (2.8 km), Ottainatham (3.5 km) and Parivallikkottai (3.5 km).

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

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