About Palayankottai Village

Palayankottai is one of the larger villages in Manapparai tehsil, in the district of Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,932, made up of 3,410 males and 3,522 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1950.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 621302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palayankottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palayankottai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruchirappalli
Tehsil	Manapparai
Pincode	621302
Area (hectares)	1950.22 hectares
Population	6,932
Male Population	3,410
Female Population	3,522
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,033
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Palayankottai compares

By the 2011 count Palayankottai is the 8th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 3,320 residents. Its 1950.22 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Palayankottai

Palayankottai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Palayankottai 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Palayankottai from other places

Palayankottai lies about 47 km from Tiruchirappalli, and the nearest railway station is Chettiyapatti, about 6.2 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 Palayankottai
Nearest railway station	Chettiyapatti	6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Manapparai	11 km
District headquarters	Tiruchirappalli	47 km

Villages closest to Palayankottai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palayankottai village had a population of 6,932. That makes it the 8th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,320 residents.

Palayankottai village has 3,410 males and 3,522 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palayankottai has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Palayankottai is 621302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palayankottai covers 1950.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palayankottai falls under Manapparai tehsil of Tiruchirappalli district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Palayankottai is Chettiyapatti, about 6.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Palayankottai.

Palayankottai is about 47 km from Tiruchirappalli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palayankottai is in Manapparai tehsil of Tiruchirappalli district. Chettiyapatti is about 6.2 km away. Manapparai is about 11 km away. Tiruchirappalli is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.