About Palankottai Village

Palankottai is one of the larger villages in Sankarankoil tehsil, in the district of Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7,915, made up of 3,900 males and 4,015 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1969 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 628552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Palankottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Palankottai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tirunelveli
Tehsil	Sankarankoil
Pincode	628552
Area (hectares)	1969 hectares
Population	7,915
Male Population	3,900
Female Population	4,015
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,029
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Palankottai compares

By the 2011 count Palankottai is the 6th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 3,442 residents. Its 1969 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Palankottai

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

Palankottai lies about 5.9 km from Tirunelveli, and the nearest railway station is Palayankottai, about 1.7 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 Palankottai
Nearest railway station	Palayankottai	1.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sankarankoil	5.9 km
District headquarters	Tirunelveli	5.9 km

Villages closest to Palankottai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Palankottai village had a population of 7,915. That makes it the 6th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,442 residents.

Palankottai village has 3,900 males and 4,015 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Palankottai has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1034.

The pincode recorded for Palankottai is 628552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Palankottai covers 1969 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Palankottai falls under Sankarankoil tehsil of Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Palankottai is Palayankottai, about 1.7 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 Palankottai.

Palankottai is about 5.9 km from Tirunelveli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Palankottai is in Sankarankoil tehsil of Tirunelveli district. Palayankottai is about 1.7 km away. Sankarankoil is about 5.9 km away. Tirunelveli is about 5.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.