About Okkarai Village

Okkarai is a large village in Thuraiyur tehsil, in the district of Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,013, made up of 1,960 males and 2,053 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,047 females per 1000 males. The village covers 882.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 621008, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Okkarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Okkarai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruchirappalli
Tehsil	Thuraiyur
Pincode	621008
Area (hectares)	882.64 hectares
Population	4,013
Male Population	1,960
Female Population	2,053
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,047
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Okkarai compares

By the 2011 count Okkarai is the 26th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 3,707 residents. Its 882.64 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Okkarai

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

Okkarai lies about 48 km from Tiruchirappalli, and the nearest railway station is Kulithalai, about 34 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 Okkarai
Nearest town	Turaiyūr	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thuraiyur	10 km
Nearest railway station	Kulithalai	34 km
District headquarters	Tiruchirappalli	48 km

Villages closest to Okkarai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Okkarai village had a population of 4,013. That makes it the 26th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,707 residents.

Okkarai village has 1,960 males and 2,053 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Okkarai has about 1047 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Okkarai is 621008. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Okkarai covers 882.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Okkarai falls under Thuraiyur tehsil of Tiruchirappalli district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Okkarai is Kulithalai, about 34 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 Okkarai.

Okkarai is about 48 km from Tiruchirappalli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Okkarai is in Thuraiyur tehsil of Tiruchirappalli district. Turaiyūr is about 10 km away. Thuraiyur is about 10 km away. Kulithalai is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.