About Ottai Village

Ottai is a mid sized village in Vanur tehsil, in the district of Viluppuram, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,704, made up of 862 males and 842 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 463.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 605109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ottai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ottai village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Viluppuram
Tehsil	Vanur
Pincode	605109
Area (hectares)	463.25 hectares
Population	1,704
Male Population	862
Female Population	842
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	977
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 6 km distance

How Ottai compares

By the 2011 count Ottai is the 37th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,085 residents. Its 463.25 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Ottai

Ottai 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 Ottai 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 6 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ottai from other places

Ottai lies about 26 km from Viluppuram, and the nearest railway station is Villiyanur, about 10 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 Ottai
Tehsil headquarters	Vanur	2.4 km
Nearest town	Kurumbapet	9.0 km
Nearest railway station	Villiyanur	10 km
District headquarters	Viluppuram	26 km

Villages closest to Ottai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ottai village had a population of 1,704. That makes it the 37th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,085 residents.

Ottai village has 862 males and 842 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ottai has about 977 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Ottai is 605109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ottai covers 463.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ottai falls under Vanur tehsil of Viluppuram district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Ottai is Villiyanur, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 6 km distance.

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

Ottai is about 26 km from Viluppuram in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ottai is in Vanur tehsil of Viluppuram district. Vanur is about 2.4 km away. Kurumbapet is about 9.0 km away. Villiyanur is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.