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About Korakottai Village

Korakottai is a mid sized village in Vandavasi tehsil, in the district of Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,558, made up of 779 males and 779 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 608.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604501, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Korakottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Korakottai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Tiruvannamalai
Tehsil Vandavasi
Pincode 604501
Area (hectares) 608.28 hectares
Population 1,558
Male Population 779
Female Population 779
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 30 km distance

How Korakottai compares

By the 2011 count Korakottai is the 62nd largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,420 residents. Its 608.28 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 999.

Getting to Korakottai

Korakottai is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Korakottai 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 30 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Korakottai from other places

Korakottai lies about 52 km from Tiruvannamalai, and the nearest railway station is Panchalam, about 24 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 Korakottai
Tehsil headquarters Vandavasi 15 km
Nearest town Vandavāsi 15 km
Nearest railway station Panchalam 24 km
District headquarters Tiruvannamalai 52 km

Villages closest to Korakottai

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

Common questions about Korakottai

As per the Census of India 2011, Korakottai village had a population of 1,558. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,420 residents.

Korakottai village has 779 males and 779 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Korakottai has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 999.

The pincode recorded for Korakottai is 604501. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Korakottai covers 608.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Korakottai falls under Vandavasi tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Korakottai is Panchalam, about 24 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 30 km distance.

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

Korakottai is about 52 km from Tiruvannamalai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Korakottai is in Vandavasi tehsil of Tiruvannamalai district. Vandavasi is about 15 km away. Vandavāsi is about 15 km away. Panchalam is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kilnamandi (under 2 km), Achamangalam (2.0 km) and Pancharai (2.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Korakottai today is likely to be higher.

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