About Kattalai Village

Kattalai is a mid sized village in Tindivanam tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,453, made up of 723 males and 730 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 526.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 604001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kattalai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kattalai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Tindivanam
Pincode	604001
Area (hectares)	526.89 hectares
Population	1,453
Male Population	723
Female Population	730
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,010
Bus Service (public)	Available within 2 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 2 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 12 km distance

How Kattalai compares

By the 2011 count Kattalai is the 82nd largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,624 residents. Its 526.89 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Kattalai

Kattalai 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 Kattalai as Available within 2 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 2 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 12 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kattalai from other places

Kattalai lies about 40 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Panchalam, about 6.5 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 Kattalai
Nearest railway station	Panchalam	6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tindivanam	7.0 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	40 km

Villages closest to Kattalai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kattalai village had a population of 1,453. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,624 residents.

Kattalai village has 723 males and 730 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kattalai has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Kattalai is 604001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kattalai covers 526.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kattalai falls under Tindivanam tehsil of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Kattalai is Panchalam, about 6.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 12 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 2 km distance and private bus service as Available within 2 km distance for Kattalai.

Kattalai is about 40 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kattalai is in Tindivanam tehsil of Viluppuram district. Panchalam is about 6.5 km away. Tindivanam is about 7.0 km away. Viluppuram is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.