About Sindalakottai Village

Sindalakottai is a large village in Ottapidaram tehsil, in the district of Thoothukkudi, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,430, made up of 1,215 males and 1,215 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1248.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 628722, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sindalakottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sindalakottai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thoothukkudi
Tehsil	Ottapidaram
Pincode	628722
Area (hectares)	1248.5 hectares
Population	2,430
Male Population	1,215
Female Population	1,215
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sindalakottai compares

By the 2011 count Sindalakottai is the 11th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,831 residents. Its 1248.5 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 Sindalakottai

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

Sindalakottai 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 Sindalakottai
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 Sindalakottai

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 Sindalakottai

As per the Census of India 2011, Sindalakottai village had a population of 2,430. That makes it the 11th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,831 residents.

Sindalakottai village has 1,215 males and 1,215 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

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

The pincode recorded for Sindalakottai is 628722. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sindalakottai covers 1248.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

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

Sindalakottai 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.

Sindalakottai 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.