About Vallankottai Village

Vallankottai is a mid sized village in Tirunelveli tehsil, in the district of Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,258, made up of 627 males and 631 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 271.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 627201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Vallankottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Vallankottai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tirunelveli
Tehsil	Tirunelveli
Pincode	627201
Area (hectares)	271.38 hectares
Population	1,258
Male Population	627
Female Population	631
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,006
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Vallankottai compares

By the 2011 count Vallankottai is the 38th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,500 residents. Its 271.38 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1029.

Getting to Vallankottai

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

Vallankottai lies about 9.3 km from Tirunelveli, and the nearest railway station is Pettai, about 8.5 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 Vallankottai
Nearest railway station	Pettai	8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tirunelveli	9.3 km

Villages closest to Vallankottai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Vallankottai village had a population of 1,258. That makes it the 38th largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,500 residents.

Vallankottai village has 627 males and 631 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Vallankottai has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1029.

The pincode recorded for Vallankottai is 627201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Vallankottai covers 271.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Vallankottai falls under Tirunelveli tehsil of Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Vallankottai is Pettai, about 8.5 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 Vallankottai.

Vallankottai is about 9.3 km from Tirunelveli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Vallankottai is in Tirunelveli tehsil of Tirunelveli district. Pettai is about 8.5 km away. Tirunelveli is about 9.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.