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About Ottainatham Village

Ottainatham is a large village in Ottapidaram tehsil, in the district of Thoothukkudi, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,126, made up of 1,025 males and 1,101 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,074 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1326.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 628302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ottainatham Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ottainatham village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Thoothukkudi
Tehsil Ottapidaram
Pincode 628302
Area (hectares) 1326.29 hectares
Population 2,126
Male Population 1,025
Female Population 1,101
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,074
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Ottainatham compares

By the 2011 count Ottainatham is the 16th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,831 residents. Its 1326.29 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Ottainatham

Ottainatham 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 Ottainatham 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 Ottainatham from other places

Ottainatham lies about 30 km from Thoothukkudi, and the nearest railway station is Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction, about 2.8 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 Ottainatham
Nearest railway station Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction 2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Ottapidaram 13 km
Nearest town Milavittan 23 km
District headquarters Thoothukkudi 30 km

Villages closest to Ottainatham

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 Ottainatham

As per the Census of India 2011, Ottainatham village had a population of 2,126. That makes it the 16th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,831 residents.

Ottainatham village has 1,025 males and 1,101 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ottainatham has about 1074 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

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

Ottainatham covers 1326.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Ottainatham is Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction, about 2.8 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 Ottainatham.

Ottainatham is about 30 km from Thoothukkudi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ottainatham is in Ottapidaram tehsil of Thoothukkudi district. Vanchi Maniyachchi Junction is about 2.8 km away. Ottapidaram is about 13 km away. Milavittan is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Parivallikkottai (3.4 km), Kollankinaru (3.5 km) and Malaipatti (3.6 km).

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

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